CVE-2018-12437 (GCVE-0-2018-12437)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-06-15 02:00
Modified
2024-08-05 08:38
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.
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