CVE-2016-7420
Published on: 09/16/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:05 PM UTC
Certain versions of Crypto from Cryptopp contain the following vulnerability:
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-2016-7420 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as MEDIUM severity.
CVSS3 Score: 5.9 - MEDIUM
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
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NETWORK | HIGH | NONE | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
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UNCHANGED | HIGH | NONE | NONE |
CVSS2 Score: 4.3 - MEDIUM
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
PARTIAL | NONE | NONE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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oss-security - Re: Does a documentation bug elevate to CVE status? - Crypto++ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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Update README and INSTALL with -DNDEBUG requirement for production so… · weidai11/[email protected] · GitHub | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory github.com text/html |
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Crypto++ CVE-2016-7420 Information Disclosure Vulnerability | cve.report (archive) text/html |
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oss-security - Re: Does a documentation bug elevate to CVE status? - Crypto++ | Mailing List Third Party Advisory www.openwall.com text/html |
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Cut-over to CRYPTOPP_ASSERT due to CVE-2016-7420 · Issue #277 · weidai11/cryptopp · GitHub | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory github.com text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Application | Cryptopp | Crypto | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE