CVE-2016-6879
Botan X509 Key Usage Stack-Based Buffer Overflow
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.
INFO
Published Date :
April 10, 2017, 3:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 15, 2017, 1 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-6879.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id2 | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 15, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Changed Reference Type https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id2 No Types Assigned https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id2 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-320 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-6879 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-6879
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} 0.00%
score
0.38698
percentile