CVE-2015-0837

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The mpi_powm function in Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging timing differences when accessing a pre-computed table during modular exponentiation, related to a "Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attack."

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.9/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-203

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
GNU	Libgcrypt	before 1.6.3
GNU	GnuPG	before 1.4.19

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3184Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3185Third Party Advisory
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7163050Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000363.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000364.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3184Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3185Third Party Advisory
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7163050Third Party Advisory
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000363.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000364.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 29, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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