CVE-2018-15560
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
PyCryptodome before 3.6.6 has an integer overflow in the data_len variable in AESNI.c, related to the AESNI_encrypt and AESNI_decrypt functions, leading to the mishandling of messages shorter than 16 bytes.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-hgg3-g7gr-66r7PyCryptodome integer overflow vulnerability2018-08-27ghsa · osvUS
PyCryptodome before 3.6.6 has an integer overflow in the data_len variable in AESNI.c, related to the AESNI_encrypt and AESNI_decrypt functions, leading to the mishandling of messages shorter than 16 bytes.
- PYSEC-2018-212018-08-20vendor · osvUS
PyCryptodome before 3.6.6 has an integer overflow in the data_len variable in AESNI.c, related to the AESNI_encrypt and AESNI_decrypt functions, leading to the mishandling of messages shorter than 16 bytes.
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references (6)
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- https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/issues/198cnnvd
- https://whitehatck01.blogspot.com/2018/08/integer-overflow-vulnerability-in.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/issues/198enisa_euvd
- https://whitehatck01.blogspot.com/2018/08/integer-overflow-vulnerability-in.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/issues/198ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://whitehatck01.blogspot.com/2018/08/integer-overflow-vulnerability-in.htmlExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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