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CVE-2016-2195: botan_project botan

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2195
Published 13-05-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2195 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in botan_project botan. EPSS estimates a 6.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.68%
0%100%
Low · +0.56 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2
DLA-449-1DSA-3565-1MGASA-2016-0102OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10477-1SUSE-SU-2017:1222-1

Timeline

  1. 13-05-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.56 pp

From 6.12% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
6.68%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Botan_project1 product
  • botan≤ 1.10.10 | 1.11.0 | 1.11.1 | 1.11.2 | 1.11.3 | 1.11.4 | 1.11.5 | 1.11.6 | 1.11.7 | 1.11.8 | 1.11.9 | 1.11.10 | 1.11.11 | 1.11.12 | 1.11.13 | 1.11.14 | 1.11.15 | 1.11.16 | 1.11.17 | 1.11.18 | 1.11.19 | 1.11.20 | 1.11.21 | 1.11.22 | 1.11.23 | 1.11.24 | 1.11.25 | 1.11.26
Debian1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • botan1.10< 1.10.5-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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