CVE-2023-36660

The OCB feature in libnettle in Nettle 3.9 before 3.9.1 allows memory corruption.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212112	Issue Tracking Patch
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/commit/867a4548b95705291a3afdd66d76e7f17ba2618f	Patch
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/compare/nettle_3.9_release_20230514...nettle_3.9.1_release_20230601	Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-24
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212112	Issue Tracking Patch
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/commit/867a4548b95705291a3afdd66d76e7f17ba2618f	Patch
https://git.lysator.liu.se/nettle/nettle/-/compare/nettle_3.9_release_20230514...nettle_3.9.1_release_20230601	Patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-24
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nettle_project:nettle:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Oct 2026, 00:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html -

Information

Published : 2023-06-25 22:15

Updated : 2026-10-15 00:16

NVD link : CVE-2023-36660

Mitre link : CVE-2023-36660

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-36660

JSON object : View

Products Affected

nettle_project

nettle

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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