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CVE-2015-8805

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

The ecc_256_modq function in ecc-256.c in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-256 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8803.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS2.79% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-310
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2016-02-23
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (4)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
nettle projectnettle
opensuseleap
opensuseopensuse

References

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