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CVE-2015-8618

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (2)

Golang — GOOpensuse — Leap

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