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CVE-2015-8618

The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry...

7.5 HighFix available

The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.63%Up 1.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2015-8618
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.

Record
CVE-2015-8618
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2015-8495 No score

The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.

Record
EUVD-2015-8495
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f7x9-6qwf-8m25 7.5

The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry...

The Int.Exp Montgomery code in the math/big library in Go 1.5.x before 1.5.3 mishandles carry propagation and produces incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.

Record
GHSA-f7x9-6qwf-8m25
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2015-8618 7.5

CVE-2015-8618 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2015-8618
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGO-2021-0160 No score

Incorrect calculation affecting RSA computations in math/big

Int.Exp Montgomery mishandled carry propagation and produced an incorrect output, which makes it easier for attackers to obtain private RSA keys via unspecified vectors.

This issue can affect RSA computations in crypto/rsa, which is used by crypto/tls. TLS servers on 32-bit systems could plausibly leak their RSA private key due to this issue. Other protocol implementations that create many RSA signatures could also be impacted in the same way.

Specifically, incorrect results in one part of the RSA Chinese Remainder computation can cause the result to be incorrect in such a way that it leaks one of the primes. While RSA blinding should prevent an attacker from crafting specific inputs that trigger the bug, on 32-bit systems the bug can be expected to occur at random around one in 2^26 times. Thus collecting around 64 million signatures (of known data) from an affected server should be enough to extract the private key used.

Note that on 64-bit systems, the frequency of the bug is so low (less than one in 2^50) that it would be very difficult to exploit.

Record
GO-2021-0160
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10028-1 No score

go-1.7.0-2.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the go-1.7.0-2.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10028-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10803-1 No score

go1.10-1.10.8-8.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the go1.10-1.10.8-8.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10803-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10804-1 No score

go1.11-1.11.13-10.5 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the go1.11-1.11.13-10.5 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10804-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10805-1 No score

go1.12-1.12.17-4.8 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the go1.12-1.12.17-4.8 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10805-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10812-1 No score

go1.9-1.9.7-11.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the go1.9-1.9.7-11.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10812-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
stdlib
Go
1.5.0-0 up to 1.5.3
1.5.3
go
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 1.7.0-2.1
1.7.0-2.1
go1.10
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 12 CVEs
before 1.10.8-8.2
1.10.8-8.2
go1.11
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 15 CVEs
before 1.11.13-10.5
1.11.13-10.5
go1.12
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 18 CVEs
before 1.12.17-4.8
1.12.17-4.8
go1.9
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
before 1.9.7-11.2
1.9.7-11.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-8618 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Golang Go, published January 27, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.63%, the 85th percentile. Fixed in stdlib 1.5.3.

References

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