01 Record

CVE-2016-3959

The Verify function in crypto/dsa/dsa.go in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly check parameters passed to the big integer library, which might allow remote attackers to cause a

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The Verify function in crypto/dsa/dsa.go in Go before 1.5.4 and 1.6.x before 1.6.1 does not properly check parameters passed to the big integer library, which might allow remote attackers to cause a

03 Exploitation and scoring

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: 4.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 91.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.5 (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:N/I:N/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.

04 Metadata

Published

2016-05-23 19:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:10Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-04-05

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

176a24c914476e4b53b64d9012f2fc03b31b3005bb98bb71d4f85e8e91a51bde

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—

golanggoNot specified—

opensuseleapNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatopenshiftNot specified—

06 References

www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160405 Re: CVE request - Go - DLL loading, Big inthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
go-review.googlesource.comhttps://go-review.googlesource.com/#/c/21533/x_refsource_CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1538http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1538.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-2940ad5550http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182526.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
groups.google.com[golang-announce] 20160412 [security] Go 1.6.1 and 1.5.4 are releasedhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/golang-announce/9eqIHqaWvckmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-59c5e405e3http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183106.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:1331http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160405 CVE request - Go - DLL loading, Big inthttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/05/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-2fcfc7670fhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183137.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA