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GHSA-7qm6-rr75-xc68
GHSA-7qm6-rr75-xc68
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.25.0 (and before 2.16.9 LTS and before 2.7.18 LTS). The calculations performed by mbedtls_mpi_exp_mod are not limited; thus, supplying overly large parameters could lead to denial of service when generating Diffie-Hellman key pairs.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
- May 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.9 url
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-756638.pdf url
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.25.0 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00036.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36475 advisory
- https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.7.18 url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00021.html url