CVE-2015-5726

high-risk
Published 2016-05-13

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.87% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

51
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 22/34 · High