CVE-2016-2196 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Project Botan

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
4.6%
top 10.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Botan Project Botan
Timeline
PublishedMay 13
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDbotan_project/botan27 versions+26

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6vrf-cpx2-322q: Heap-based buffer overflow in the P-521 reduction function in Botan 1↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-2196: Heap-based buffer overflow in the P-521 reduction function in Botan 1↗2016-05-13
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2194 CVE-2016-2195 CVE-2016-2196 botan: various flaws fixed in 1.11.27 and 1.10.11 [fedora-all]↗2016-02-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2196 CVE-2016-2195 CVE-2016-2194 botan: various flaws fixed in 1.11.27 and 1.10.11↗2016-02-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2194 CVE-2016-2195 CVE-2016-2196 botan: various flaws fixed in 1.11.27 and 1.10.11 [epel-all]↗2016-02-08
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