Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From 2.1.0 until 3.13.0, the Botan C API function botan_block_cipher_block_size converted a size_t block size to int without a bounds check. In an application that accepts external algorithm parameter strings and uses the FFI raw ECB mode, an attacker can select the variable-block-size Lion cipher so that the reported size is truncated, the caller allocates insufficient memory, and later block processing causes memory corruption. The C++ API and normally used C API modes such as CBC and CTR are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 3.13.0.
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| Description | Botan is a C++ cryptography library. From 2.1.0 until 3.13.0, the Botan C API function botan_block_cipher_block_size converted a size_t block size to int without a bounds check. In an application that accepts external algorithm parameter strings and uses the FFI raw ECB mode, an attacker can select the variable-block-size Lion cipher so that the reported size is truncated, the caller allocates insufficient memory, and later block processing causes memory corruption. The C++ API and normally used C API modes such as CBC and CTR are unaffected. This issue is fixed in version 3.13.0. | |
| Title | Botan: Integer overflow when reporting block size in FFI can cause memory corruption | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-125 CWE-681 CWE-787 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-10-29T17:22:07.316Z
Reserved: 2026-10-28T19:20:05.017Z
Link: CVE-2026-118769
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-29T18:17:29.180
Modified: 2026-10-29T18:17:29.180
Link: CVE-2026-118769
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Updated: 2026-10-29T18:30:14Z