CVE-2016-2195 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://botan.randombit.net/security.html http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2 http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8