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CVE-2018-0737

OpenSSL OpenSSL — Cache timing vulnerability in RSA Key Generation
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   N   H   N   N  U  H  N  N    5.9   .1160   96.0     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                               Fixed
  OpenSSL  Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h) –  —
TIMELINE
  Nov 30  Reserved by openssl
  Apr 16  Published (CNA: openssl)
  Oct 15  ENRICHED — CVE-2018-0737 (OpenSSL). Received CVSS 5.9 and CPE data from NVD.
CWE-327 · CNA: openssl · CVSS v3.0 · 34 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o).

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
November 30, 2017ReservedReserved by openssl
April 16, 2018PublishedPublished (CNA: openssl)
October 15, 2026ENRICHEDENRICHED — CVE-2018-0737 (OpenSSL). Received CVSS 5.9 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
OpenSSLOpenSSL—Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h)—

Weaknesses

CWE-327

References (34)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2018-0737 at cve.org

Vendors: openssl

Weaknesses: CWE-327

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2018-0737 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.