CVE-2015-8618

HIGH

Go <1.5.3 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175642.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/13/7
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/17672/
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/MEATuOi_ei4
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/13515
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/22/9
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/6
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176179.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0073
EPSS Percentile 73.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (4)
golang/go 1.5
golang/go 1.5.1
golang/go 1.5.2
opensuse/leap 42.1
Published Jan 27, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026