Is CVE-2024-50383 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-50383 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-07-10.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-50383?

CVE-2024-50383 has a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2024-50383?

Patch guidance is available from botan project security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2024-50383.

Which products are affected by CVE-2024-50383?

1 product: botan project botan.

CVE-2024-50383 - remediation guidance & executive summary

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.)

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: high
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-203

Metadata

Primary Vendor: BOTAN_PROJECT
Published: 10/23/2024
Last Modified: 7/10/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

botan_project : botan

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2024-50383. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2024-50383

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CVE-2024-50383 vulnerability