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Vulnerability record · CVE-2015-7824 · published 10 April 2017

CVE-2015-7824: Botan project botan information exposure vulnerability

Botan Project · Botan

botan 1.11.x before 1.11.22 makes it easier for remote attackers to decrypt TLS ciphertext data via a padding-oracle attack against TLS CBC ciphersuites.

7.5 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 1.7% · top 23.8% CWE-200 · Information exposure
7.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

botan 1.11.x before 1.11.22 makes it easier for remote attackers to decrypt TLS ciphertext data via a padding-oracle attack against TLS CBC ciphersuites.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311613 Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://botan.randombit.net/security.html#id3 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311613 Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2015-7824), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-05). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.