CVE-2016-7420

N/A

Description

Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 5.6.4 does not document the requirement for a compile-time NDEBUG definition disabling the many assert calls that are unintended in production use, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to process memory after an assertion failure, as demonstrated by reading a core dump.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published9/16/2016

Last Modified11/14/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

cryptopp:crypto\+\+

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/14/5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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