CVE-2016-2196
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.3% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.34% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-05-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| botan project | botan |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD