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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-0735

The OpenSSL ECDSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Affected 1.1.1).

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CVE-2018-0735
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1 Nov 2026, 04:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-0735

core-osv · Original source

Published 29 Oct 2018, 13:29 UTC

The OpenSSL ECDSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Affected 1.1.1).

osv:CVE-2018-0735
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-0735",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "The OpenSSL ECDSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Affected 1.1.1).",
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