CVE-2016-2195

critical

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565

http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2

http://botan.randombit.net/security.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-05-13

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H