CVE-2016-2195
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Integer overflow in the PointGFp constructor in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to overwrite memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ECC point, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| botan_project | botan | {"endIncluding":"1.10.10"} | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.0 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.1 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.2 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.3 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.4 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.5 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.6 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.7 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.8 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.9 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.10 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.11 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.12 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.13 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.14 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.15 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.16 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.17 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.18 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.19 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.20 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.21 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.22 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.23 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.24 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.25 | |
| botan_project | botan | 1.11.26 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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