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CVE-2016-2196 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://botan.randombit.net/security.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2 CVEVendor Advisory
http://botan.randombit.net/security.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
botan project botan
1.11.0
1.11.1
1.11.2
1.11.3
1.11.4

CPE

  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2196
NVD Published Date:
May 13, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-2196 Details - Not Deferred