CVE-2015-8618
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.
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
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 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV: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 High
CVSS: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 High
CVSS: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
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
stdlibGo |
1.5.0-0 up to 1.5.3 | 1.5.3 |
goopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 1.7.0-2.1 | 1.7.0-2.1 |
go1.10openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 12 CVEs |
before 1.10.8-8.2 | 1.10.8-8.2 |
go1.11openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 15 CVEs |
before 1.11.13-10.5 | 1.11.13-10.5 |
go1.12openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 18 CVEs |
before 1.12.17-4.8 | 1.12.17-4.8 |
go1.9openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 9 CVEs |
before 1.9.7-11.2 | 1.9.7-11.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE 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
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175642.html
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/13/7
go-review.googlesource.com
groups.google.com/forum
github.com/golang/go/issues/13515
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00077.html
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openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/22/9
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/6
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176179.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8618
github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7x9-6qwf-8m25
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2015-8618
go.dev/cl/18491
go.googlesource.com/go/+/1e066cad1ba23f4064545355b8737e4762dd6838
go.googlesource.com/go/+/4306352182bf94f86f0cfc6a8b0ed461cbf1d82c
go.dev/cl/17672
go.dev/issue/13515
groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/MEATuOi_ei4
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