Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8803
9.8
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
February 23, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory