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CVE-2015-0837

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0837 describes a timing side-channel vulnerability in the mpi_powm function of Libgcrypt before 1.6.3 and GnuPG before 1.4.19, affecting Debian and GnuPG products. This flaw, related to a "Last-Level Cache Side-Channel Attack," allows attackers to infer sensitive information by analyzing timing differences during modular exponentiation. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.9), it has a network attack vector and high confidentiality impact, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.4.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:gnupg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnupg:libgcrypt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3Fixed in: mingw-virt-viewer
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gnupg2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libgcrypt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: gnupg2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gnupg
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: gnupg2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libgcrypt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libgcrypt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-0837Low

libgcrypt: last-level cache side-channel attack

Feb 27, 2015

References

ieeexplore.ieee.org / document/7163050
Third Party Advisory
lists.gnupg.org / pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000363.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
lists.gnupg.org / pipermail/gnupg-announce/2015q1/000364.html
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3184
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3185
Third Party Advisory