Name: CVE-2015-8618: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-01-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-8618, CWE-200, CVSS 7.5, EPSS 0.00735

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Freebsd	—	Upgrade go	Dec 10, 2025	Jan 18, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade go-docUpgrade go-debuginfoUpgrade goUpgrade go-debugsource	May 19, 2016	Jan 27, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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