CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-5726

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The BER decoder in Botan versions 0.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.11.x before 1.11.19 allows remote attackers to cause an application crash via an empty BIT STRING in ASN.1 data.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to remotely trigger application crashes, potentially leading to service availability interruptions.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Botan to version 1.10.10 or 1.11.19 to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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 data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS