Vulnerability in Botan Project

CVE-2018-9860

An issue was discovered in Botan 1.11.32 through 2.x before 2.6.0. An off-by-one error when processing malformed TLS-CBC ciphertext could cause the receiving side to include in the HMAC computation exactly 64K bytes of data following the record buffer, aka an over-read. The MAC comparison will subsequently fail and the connection will be closed. This could be used for denial of service. No information leak occurs.

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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: 0.014 (71.2th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-9860: held from 0.013 to 0.014.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-9860?
CVE-2018-9860 is a high-severity vulnerability in Botan Project, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-9860?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-9860 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.