CVE-2015-5726 — Improper Input Validation in Project Botan

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Botan Project BotanDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedMay 13
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The BER decoder in Botan 0.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.11.x before 1.11.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an empty BIT STRING in ASN.1 data.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDbotan_project/botan29 versions+28

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-jcv7-v2cp-24v2: The BER decoder in Botan 0↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2015-5726: The BER decoder in Botan 0↗2016-05-13
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-5726 botan: crash in BER decoder↗2016-02-25
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