Vulnerability in Botan Project
CVE-2015-7825
botan before 1.11.22 improperly validates certificate paths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via a certificate with a loop in the certificate chain.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (63.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- botan.randombit.net/security.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-7825?
- CVE-2015-7825 is a high-severity vulnerability in Botan Project. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-10.
- How severe is CVE-2015-7825?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-7825 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.