CVE-2016-6879

7.5 HIGH

Published: April 10, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

The X509_Certificate::allowed_usage function in botan 1.11.x before 1.11.31 might allow attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging a call with more than one Key_Usage set in the enum value.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id2

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

2 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.6%

42th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-320

Affected Vendors

botan_project

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