CVE-2016-2196 in Botan

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 01/29/2016
• Disclosure: 05/13/2016
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-87392 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 9.8
• EPSS: 0.04605
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2196
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2196
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-2196/