CVE-2015-8805
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 1.2%Published: 2/23/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8805
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.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/nettlefrom 0, < 3.2-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |