CVE-2021-33560 (GCVE-0-2021-33560)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-08 00:00 – Updated: 2025-12-03 14:39
VLAI?
Summary
Libgcrypt before 1.8.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.3 mishandles ElGamal encryption because it lacks exponent blinding to address a side-channel attack against mpi_powm, and the window size is not chosen appropriately. This, for example, affects use of ElGamal in OpenPGP.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
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