CVE-2015-8804

nettle: miscalculations on secp384 curve

Published Feb 23, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 4.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
x86_64/ecc-384-modp.asm in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-384 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2897-1 Nettle vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:29 AM
Reserved
Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 23, 2016, 7:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 2, 2016, 12:00 AM