CVE-2018-0735

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

Description

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).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0735

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0735.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201812-5

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201812-6

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1:1.1.1.a-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.1.1a-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.1.1a-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.1.1a-1
debian debiansidfixed1.1.1a-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.1.1a-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.