What is CVE-2015-5726?

CVE-2015-5726 is a high-severity vulnerability in Botan_project Botan, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-5726?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2015-5726 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Improper input validation in Botan_project Botan

CVE-2015-5726

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.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.009 (75.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Botan_project Botan — versions 1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.2
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

mrash/afl-cve

References

DSA-3565 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5726?: CVE-2015-5726 is a high-severity vulnerability in Botan_project Botan, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-5726?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-5726 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.