CVE-2016-7420

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-7420
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-16 05:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-09-28 18:15:00 UTC
DescriptionCrypto++ (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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cryptopp Crypto All All All All
Application Cryptopp Crypto All All All All

References

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oss-security - Re: Does a documentation bug elevate to CVE status? - Crypto++ MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-4863: libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codec MLIST www.openwall.com
Update README and INSTALL with -DNDEBUG requirement for production so… · weidai11/cryptopp@553049b · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Crypto++ CVE-2016-7420 Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: Does a documentation bug elevate to CVE status? - Crypto++ MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Cut-over to CRYPTOPP_ASSERT due to CVE-2016-7420 · Issue #277 · weidai11/cryptopp · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-4863: libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codec MLIST www.openwall.com
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