CVE-2014-9742

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Miller-Rabin primality check in Botan before 1.10.8 and 1.11.x before 1.11.9 improperly uses a single random base, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via a DH group.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-310

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://botan.randombit.net/security.htmlVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=139717503205066&w=2Vendor Advisory
http://botan.randombit.net/security.htmlVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=139717503205066&w=2Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 13, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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