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CVE-2016-2196: botan_project botan

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2196
Published 13-05-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2196 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in botan_project botan. EPSS estimates a 5.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.5% 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
5.34%
0%100%
Low · +0.34 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

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

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 metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.34 pp

From 5.00% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
5.34%

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
  • botan1.11.0 | 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
Ubuntu1 product
  • botan1.10< 1.10.5-1ubuntu1 | < 1.10.12-1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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