CVE-2016-6879

high-risk
Published 2017-04-10

The X509_Certificate::allowed_usage function in botan 1.11.x before 1.11.31 might allow attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging a call with more than one Key_Usage set in the enum value.

Do I need to act?

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0.18% 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 Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Botan Project

References (2)

Third Party Advisory https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id2
Third Party Advisory https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id2
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 23/34 · High