CVE-2016-2196

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 5.34%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-05-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2016-2196

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

5.34%

Original NVD 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.