7.5

CVE-2014-9742: botan_project botan Cryptographic Issues

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-9742
Published 13-05-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-9742 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in botan_project botan. EPSS estimates a 1.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DLA-449-1SUSE-SU-2017:1222-1

Timeline

  1. 13-05-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Miller-Rabin primality check in Botan before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.9 improperly uses a single random base, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a DH group.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.43% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
1.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Botan_project1 product
  • botan≤ 1.10.7 | 1.11.0 | 1.11.1 | 1.11.2 | 1.11.3 | 1.11.4 | 1.11.5 | 1.11.6 | 1.11.7 | 1.11.8
Ubuntu1 product
  • botan1.10< 1.10.5-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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