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CVE-2013-5915
The RSA-CRT implementation in PolarSSL before 1.2.9 does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow remote…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 18% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The RSA-CRT implementation in PolarSSL before 1.2.9 does not properly perform Montgomery multiplication, which might allow remote attackers to conduct a timing side-channel attack and retrieve RSA private keys.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 55084 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-18228 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 62771 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 98049 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- DSA-2782 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-18251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-18216 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/security-advisories/polarssl-security-advisory-2013-05 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-5749 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-5915)Record last updated .