Vulnerability in Randombit Botan
CVE-2024-39312
Botan is a C++ cryptography library. X.509 certificates can identify elliptic curves using either an object identifier or using explicit encoding of the parameters. A bug in the parsing of name constraint extensions in X.509 certificates m…
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.003 (51.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Randombit Botan — versions < 2.19.5, >= 3.0.0, < 3.5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- https://github.com/randombit/botan/security/advisories/GHSA-jp24-56jm-gg86 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-39312?
- CVE-2024-39312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Randombit Botan, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-07-08.
- How severe is CVE-2024-39312?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-39312 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.