7.5

CVE-2016-6879: botan_project botan Key Management Errors

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
Published 10-04-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6879 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Key Management Errors vulnerability in botan_project botan. EPSS estimates a 0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45.7% 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
0.56%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

46%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.56% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.56%

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
  • botan1.11.0 | 1.11.1 | 1.11.2 | 1.11.3 | 1.11.4 | 1.11.5 | 1.11.6 | 1.11.7 | 1.11.8 | 1.11.9 | 1.11.10 | 1.11.11 | 1.11.12 | 1.11.13 | 1.11.14 | 1.11.15 | 1.11.16 | 1.11.17 | 1.11.18 | 1.11.19 | 1.11.20 | 1.11.21 | 1.11.22 | 1.11.23 | 1.11.24 | 1.11.25 | 1.11.26 | 1.11.27 | 1.11.28 | 1.11.29 | 1.11.30

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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