7.5high

CVE-2018-15560

PyCryptodome integer overflow vulnerability

Also known as GHSA-hgg3-g7gr-66r7, PYSEC-2018-21

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.8%
percentile 78%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

PyCryptodome before 3.6.6 has an integer overflow in the data_len variable in AESNI.c, related to the AESNI_encrypt and AESNI_decrypt functions, leading to the mishandling of messages shorter than 16 bytes.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.76% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.17.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub3.17.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
pypipycryptodome
<3.6.6
3.6.6

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

  • whitehatck01.blogspot.com /2018/08/integer-overflow-vulnerability-in.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /Legrandin/pycryptodome/issues/198 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15560 · advisory
  • github.com /Legrandin/pycryptodome · package
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-hgg3-g7gr-66r7 · advisory
  • github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pycryptodome/PYSEC-2018-21.yaml · web

Sources

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