CVE-2017-14737

A cryptographic cache-based side channel in the RSA implementation in Botan before 1.10.17, and 1.11.x and 2.x before 2.3.0, allows a local attacker to recover information about RSA secret keys, as demonstrated by CacheD. This occurs because an array is indexed with bits derived from a secret key.

Published: 2017-09-26 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-14737 is rated Low Risk (26.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-14737

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-14737

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-14737

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-14737

vendor priority summary link
suse medium CVE-2017-14737 severity moderate: SUSE including 9 source package names (Botan-2.18.1-1.3, Botan-doc-2.18.1-1.3, …), 15 product×package rows across 5 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3, … (5 product lines)): Fixed 15. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14737/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-14737 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (botan1.10), 19 status rows across 19 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): DNE 12, ignored 2, not-affected 2, released 2, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14737

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-14737

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
botan_project botan <= 1.10.16 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.7 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.8 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.9 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.10 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.11 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.12 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.13 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.14 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.15 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.16 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.17 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.18 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.19 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.20 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.21 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.22 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.23 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.24 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.25 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.26 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.27 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.28 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.33 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 1.11.34 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
botan_project botan 2.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-14737

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