CVE-2018-12437 PUBLISHED

LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.

EPSS 0.08% · 24.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.08%
24.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlibtomcrypt1.18.0-1, 0, 1.17-9
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlibtomcrypt0, 1.17-3.2ubuntu1, 1.17-5
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlibtomcrypt1.17-7, 0

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