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CVE-2016-2196

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 overwrit…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
Botan ProjectBotan
Versions 1.11.0, 1.11.1, 1.11.2, 1.11.3, 1.11.4, 1.11.5

Weakness classification

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