9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2016-2196
Botan Heap Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 13, 2016, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 16, 2016, 2:48 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-2196 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2196 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Botan_project botan
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-2196.

URL Resource
http://botan.randombit.net/security.html Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2 Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

A collection of vulnerabilities discovered by the AFL fuzzer (afl-fuzz)

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
88 stars 16 fork 16 watcher
Born at : Aug. 27, 2015, 12:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 332 different CVEs too.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2196 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://botan.randombit.net/security.html No Types Assigned http://botan.randombit.net/security.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2 Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.03 }} 0.00%

score

0.87135

percentile

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