CVE-2016-6878

The Curve25519 code in botan before 1.11.31, on systems without a native 128-bit integer type, might allow attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to undefined behavior, as demonstrated on 32-bit ARM systems compiled by Clang.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id2	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-04-10 15:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-6878

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6878

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6878

JSON object : View

Products Affected

botan_project

botan

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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