Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-2196
CVE-2016-2196
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.
Affected products
27cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 26 more
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- botan.randombit.net/security.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvdVendor Advisory
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