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CVE-2016-1494
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-01-13T15:59:02.787 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:42:04.573

Summary

The verify function in the RSA package for Python (Python-RSA) before 3.3 allows attackers to spoof signatures with a small public exponent via crafted signature padding, aka a BERserk attack.

Affected products

python — rsa

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References

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