CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NCVE-2016-6489
The RSA and DSA decryption code in Nettle makes it easier for attackers to discover private keys via a cache side channel attack.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-203
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- nettle_project:nettle
- redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop
- redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node
- redhat:enterprise_linux_server
- redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation