CVE-2016-7420
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (2)
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references (23)
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- http://www.cryptopp.com/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4cnnvd
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6cnnvd
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988cnnvd
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