CVE-2018-12436

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    CVE-2018-12436

    Published: 15 Jun 2018Last Modified: 22 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: wolfcrypt/src/ecc.c in wolfSSL before 3.15.1.patch allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.

    References: https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/our-research/technical-advisory-return-of-the-hidden-number-problem/, https://www.wolfssl.com/wolfssh-and-rohnp/, https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/commit/9b9568d500f31f964af26ba8d01e542e1f27e5ca

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1179969dcf81e1e44fd35e387febd4f8ca38d85d

    Affected versions

    v3.15.0-stable

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High