Description
Botan before 3.6.0, when certain GCC versions are used, has a compiler-induced secret-dependent operation in lib/utils/donna128.h in donna128 (used in Chacha-Poly1305 and x25519). An addition can be skipped if a carry is not set. This was observed for GCC 11.3.0 with -O2 on MIPS, and GCC on x86-i386. (Only 32-bit processors can be affected.)
Published: 2024-10-23
Score: 5.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7586-1 Botan vulnerabilities
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00103}

epss

{'score': 0.00111}


Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0012}

epss

{'score': 0.00103}


Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Botan Project
Botan Project botan
Weaknesses CWE-203
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Botan Project
Botan Project botan
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Botan before 3.6.0, when certain GCC versions are used, has a compiler-induced secret-dependent operation in lib/utils/donna128.h in donna128 (used in Chacha-Poly1305 and x25519). An addition can be skipped if a carry is not set. This was observed for GCC 11.3.0 with -O2 on MIPS, and GCC on x86-i386. (Only 32-bit processors can be affected.)
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Botan Project Botan
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-24T19:55:57.960Z

Reserved: 2024-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-50383

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-24T19:55:52.302Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-10-23T17:15:19.540

Modified: 2025-07-10T19:26:45.083

Link: CVE-2024-50383

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