CVE-2016-8871

MediumCVSS 6.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Botan 1.11.29 through 1.11.32, RSA decryption with certain padding options had a detectable timing channel which could given sufficient queries be used to recover plaintext, aka an "OAEP side channel" attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.2/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 28, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-8871: Medium severity, CVSS 6.2 | Vulnix