VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-36660
The OCB feature in libnettle in Nettle 3.9 before 3.9.1 allows memory corruption.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.02%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.02%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The OCB feature in libnettle in Nettle 3.9 before 3.9.1 allows memory corruption.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.02% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- nettle project/nettle
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212112Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/commit/867a4548b95705291a3afdd66d76e7f17ba2618fPatch
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/compare/nettle_3.9_release_20230514...nettle_3.9.1_release_20230601Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-24
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212112Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/commit/867a4548b95705291a3afdd66d76e7f17ba2618fPatch
- https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/compare/nettle_3.9_release_20230514...nettle_3.9.1_release_20230601Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-24
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.