debian · CVE-2015-8805

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:01:32 GMT

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CVE-2015-8805 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nettle), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

The ecc_256_modq 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-2015-8803.

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