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CVE-2015-8618
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,…
High7.5EPSS 2.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 14% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- FEDORA-2016-5a073cbd93 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160113 [security] Go security release v1.5.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/17672/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [golang-announce] 20160113 [security] Go 1.5.3 is released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/golang/go/issues/13515 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1331 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151222 Re: CVE request for math/big.Exp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151221 CVE request for math/big.Exp (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-2dcc094217 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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