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CVE-2016-2196

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
13/05/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the P-521 reduction function in Botan 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.80
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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