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CVE-2010-0928

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-03-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

OpenSSL 0.9.8i on the Gaisler Research LEON3 SoC on the Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA uses a Fixed Width Exponentiation (FWE) algorithm for certain signature calculations, and does not verify the signature before providing it to a caller, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to determine the private key via a modified supply voltage for the microprocessor, related to a "fault-based attack."

Affected products

• OpenSSL: 0.9.8i

References

• http://rdist.root.org/2010/03/08/attacking-rsa-exponentiation-with-fault-injection/
• http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~valeria/research/publications/DATE10RSA.pdf
• http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/030410-rsa-security-attack.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/62808
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/04/severe_openssl_vulnerability/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56750
• http://rdist.root.org/2010/03/08/attacking-rsa-exponentiation-with-fault-injection/
• http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~valeria/research/publications/DATE10RSA.pdf
• http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/030410-rsa-security-attack.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/62808
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/04/severe_openssl_vulnerability/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56750

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