CVE-2016-9132
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In Botan 1.8.0 through 1.11.33, when decoding BER data an integer overflow could occur, which would cause an incorrect length field to be computed. Some API callers may use the returned (incorrect and attacker controlled) length field in a way which later causes memory corruption or other failure.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (85)
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references (12)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95879cnnvd
- https://github.com/randombit/botan/commit/987ad747db6d0d7e36f840398f3cf02e2fbfd90fcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OUDGVRQYQUL7F5MRP3LAV7EHRJG4BBE/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z2Y3JLMTE3VIV4X5X6SXVZTJBDDLCS3D/cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95879enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/randombit/botan/commit/987ad747db6d0d7e36f840398f3cf02e2fbfd90fenisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OUDGVRQYQUL7F5MRP3LAV7EHRJG4BBE/enisa_euvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z2Y3JLMTE3VIV4X5X6SXVZTJBDDLCS3D/enisa_euvd
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