CVE-2018-15560
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | pycryptodome | <3.6.6 | 3.6.6 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15560
- https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome/issues/198
- https://github.com/Legrandin/pycryptodome
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hgg3-g7gr-66r7
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pycryptodome/PYSEC-2018-21.yaml
- https://whitehatck01.blogspot.com/2018/08/integer-overflow-vulnerability-in.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15560.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-15560
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