{"id":"CVE-2016-2194","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2194","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:22:17.223Z","title":"The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified input to the OS2ECP function, related to a composite modulus.","description":"The ressol function in Botan before 1.10.11 and 1.11.x before 1.11.27 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified input to the OS2ECP function, related to a composite modulus.","published":"2016-05-13T14:59:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:39.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["debian/debian linux","botan project/botan"],"epss":{"score":0.02558,"percentile":0.84967,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.56%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://botan.randombit.net/security.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145449001708138&w=2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://botan.randombit.net/security.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145435148602911&w=2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=botan-devel&m=145449001708138&w=2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3565","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-38","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2194","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}