VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-3580

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.71%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-08-05
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption functions handled specially crafted ciphertext. An attacker could use this flaw to provide a manipulated ciphertext leading to application crash and denial of service.

Weakness classification

  • secalert@redhat.com: CWE-20
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Primary references