CVE-2018-6829

cipher/elgamal.c in Libgcrypt through 1.8.2, when used to encrypt messages directly, improperly encodes plaintexts, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive…

published February 7, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
77.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

cipher/elgamal.c in Libgcrypt through 1.8.2, when used to encrypt messages directly, improperly encodes plaintexts, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading ciphertext data (i.e., it does not have semantic security in face of a ciphertext-only attack). The Decisional Diffie-Hellman (DDH) assumption does not hold for Libgcrypt's ElGamal implementation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01777 · 77.9th percentile
Published
2018-02-07T23:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 FEB 23:00Z
    cipher/elgamal.c in Libgcrypt through 1.8.2, when used to encrypt messages directly, improperly encodes plaintexts, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive…
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