CVE-2016-8635

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

It was found that Diffie Hellman Client key exchange handling in NSS 3.21.x was vulnerable to small subgroup confinement attack. An attacker could use this flaw to recover private keys by confining the client DH key to small subgroup of the desired group.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 1, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-8635: Medium severity, CVSS 5.9 | Vulnix