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.
Published: 2016-02-23
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8674 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2897-1 Nettle vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Nettle Project Nettle
Opensuse Leap Opensuse
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.020Z

Reserved: 2016-02-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8805

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-02-23T19:59:03.167

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8805

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8805 - Bugzilla

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