{"id":"CVE-2010-0928","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2010-0928","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:44:08.875Z","title":"OpenSSL 0.9.8i on the Gaisler Research LEON3 SoC on the Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA uses a Fixed Width Exponentiation (FWE) algorithm for certain signature calculations, and does not verify the signature before providing it to a caller, which makes it…","description":"OpenSSL 0.9.8i on the Gaisler Research LEON3 SoC on the Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA uses a Fixed Width Exponentiation (FWE) algorithm for certain signature calculations, and does not verify the signature before providing it to a caller, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to determine the private key via a modified supply voltage for the microprocessor, related to a \"fault-based attack.\"","published":"2010-03-05T19:30:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:17:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["openssl/openssl"],"epss":{"score":0.00541,"percentile":0.45214,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rdist.root.org/2010/03/08/attacking-rsa-exponentiation-with-fault-injection/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~valeria/research/publications/DATE10RSA.pdf","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/030410-rsa-security-attack.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/62808","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/04/severe_openssl_vulnerability/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56750","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://rdist.root.org/2010/03/08/attacking-rsa-exponentiation-with-fault-injection/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~valeria/research/publications/DATE10RSA.pdf","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/030410-rsa-security-attack.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/62808","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/04/severe_openssl_vulnerability/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56750","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0928","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}