CVE-2015-5727 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the BER decoder of Botan versions 1.10.x and 1.11.x, affecting products like Debian Linux. The vulnerability, stemming from a length field in BER decoding, allows remote attackers to cause memory exhaustion. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it requires no user interaction or authentication, making it easily exploitable over the network to achieve a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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