CVE-2016-2850 describes a vulnerability in Botan 1.11.x before 1.11.29 where the TLS policy for signature algorithms and ECC curves is not properly enforced, enabling remote attackers to perform downgrade attacks. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high integrity impacts without requiring user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.