CVE-2015-8805

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 86.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-02-23 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:29Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-310
• CWE-358Improperly Implemented Security Check for StandardBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

c72893521d89f3f478fa57a1fb9d922655674819b51805981349b8b8ba826515

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0486http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00100.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• blog.fuzzing-project.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/38-Miscomputations-of-elliptic-curve-scalar-multiplications-in-Nettle.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0477http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00093.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• git.lysator.liu.sehttps://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/commit/c71d2c9d20eeebb985e3872e4550137209e3ce4dx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2897-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2897-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0475http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00091.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160202 Miscomputations of elliptic curve scalar multiplications in Nettlehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/02/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2582http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2582.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com84272http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84272vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160202 Re: Miscomputations of elliptic curve scalar multiplications in Nettlehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST