CVE-2015-8805

highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.028 · 86 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.79% (86th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

69 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

The ecc_256_modq function in ecc-256.c in Nettle before 3.2 does not properly handle carry propagation and produces incorrect output in its implementation of the P-256 NIST elliptic curve, which allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8803.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-debuginfo-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582
Fixednettle-devel-0:2.7.1-8.el7.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2582

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.8–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nsecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-310USprimaryCWE-310USCWE-358US

affected products (69)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell Secure Connect Gateway <5.36.00.16all versionscert_bundDE
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node v.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server v.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation v.7all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7
Dell Secure Connect Gateway< 5.36.00.16cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 14.04fstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 15.10fstec_bduRU
Nettle Project Nettle≤ 3.1.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. OpenSUSE Leap≤ 42.1fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. openSUSE≤ 13.2fstec_bduRU
Novell Inc. openSUSE≤ 13.1fstec_bduRU
canonical ubuntu linux= 14.04nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu linux= 15.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nettle project nettle≤ 3.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap= 42.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 13.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 13.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nettle-0:2.7.1-8.el7.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUS

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2016:2582Red Hat Security Advisory: nettle security and bug fix update2016-11-03csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update for nettle is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
WID-SEC-W-2026-3113Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2016-11-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

also known as (8)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-02-23modified 2026-06-17

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