CVE-2021-3580 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-3580

A flaw was found in the way nettle's RSA decryption...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

nettle
Vulnerable Versions:
nettle 3.7.3

Timeline

Official Publish: August 5th, 2021
Last Modified: November 19th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)