CVE-2016-2195

high-risk
Published 2016-05-13

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.

Do I need to act?

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10.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 89% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Debian Botan Project

References (8)

Vendor Advisory http://botan.randombit.net/security.html
Vendor Advisory http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38
Vendor Advisory http://botan.randombit.net/security.html
Vendor Advisory http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 22/34 · High