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CVE-2016-2196

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Published: May 13, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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9.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (27)

Products: Botan Project: Botan
Botan Project
1 product
Botan
Configuration A
27 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Botan Project
Botan
Version 1.11.0
Botan
Version 1.11.10
Botan
Version 1.11.11
Botan
Version 1.11.12
Botan
Version 1.11.13
Botan
Version 1.11.14
Botan
Version 1.11.15
Botan
Version 1.11.16
Botan
Version 1.11.17
Botan
Version 1.11.18
Botan
Version 1.11.19
Botan
Version 1.11.1
Botan
Version 1.11.20
Botan
Version 1.11.21
Botan
Version 1.11.22
Botan
Version 1.11.23
Botan
Version 1.11.24
Botan
Version 1.11.25
Botan
Version 1.11.26
Botan
Version 1.11.2
Botan
Version 1.11.3
Botan
Version 1.11.4
Botan
Version 1.11.5
Botan
Version 1.11.6
Botan
Version 1.11.7
Botan
Version 1.11.8
Botan
Version 1.11.9

Related CWEs

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (4)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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