CVE-2016-2195 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the PointGFp constructor of Botan versions before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27, affecting Botan and Debian Linux distributions. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows remote attackers to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted ECC point, potentially leading to memory overwrites and arbitrary code execution. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.10.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:botan_project:botan:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.