CVE-2020-36475

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    CVE-2020-36475

    Published: 23 Aug 2021Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS before 2.25.0 (and before 2.16.9 LTS and before 2.7.18 LTS). The calculations performed by mbedtls_mpi_exp_mod are not limited; thus, supplying overly large parameters could lead to denial of service when generating Diffie-Hellman key pairs.

    References: https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.16.9, https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.25.0, https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls/releases/tag/v2.7.18, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/11/msg00021.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/12/msg00036.html, https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-756638.pdf

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -78d9663acec4ac72af43e2db57fc73a24e856108

    Affected versions

    v2.24.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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