CVE-2016-6878 describes a critical vulnerability in the Curve25519 implementation of Botan versions prior to 1.11.31. Specifically, on systems lacking a native 128-bit integer type (e.g., 32-bit ARM with Clang), undefined behavior could lead to unspecified but severe impact, including potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this network-exploitable vulnerability is easy to exploit without user interaction. While there are no known public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV, Hot List), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.11.30CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.