CVE-2015-5726

7.5 HIGH

Published: May 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://botan.randombit.net/security.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://botan.randombit.net/security.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.9%

75th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

debian botan_project

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