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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-12437

LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:09 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-12437

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Jun 2018, 02:29 UTC

LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.

osv:CVE-2018-12437
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12437",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "LibTomCrypt through 1.18.1 allows a memory-cache side-channel attack on ECDSA signatures, aka the Return Of the Hidden Number Problem or ROHNP. To discover an ECDSA key, the attacker needs access to either the local machine or a different virtual machine on the same physical host.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-12437",
    "products": [],
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:03.606777515Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-53",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440300,
  "published_at": "2018-06-15T02:29:00.487+00:00"
}