CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7420
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-09-16
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• cryptopp crypto\+\+ (<= 5.6.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/14/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory