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CVE-2015-8803
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-02-23T19:59:01.213 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:16.863

Summary

The ecc_256_modp 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-2015-8805.

Affected products

nettle_project — nettle

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References

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