CVE-2015-8618 (GCVE-0-2015-8618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:20
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2015-12-21 00:00
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