UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8804

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8804
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8804.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8804
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Published
2015-12-31T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-04-22T10:40:30.156570Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

x86_64/ecc-384-modp.asm in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-384 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / nettle

Package

Name
nettle
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nettle@2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*
2.7.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libhogweed2",
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnettle4",
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "nettle-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.7.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8804.json"