CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-7544
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
Crypto++ 5.6.4 incorrectly uses Microsoft's stack-based _malloca and _freea functions. The library will request a block of memory to align a table in memory. If the table is later reallocated, then the wrong pointer could be freed.
Affected configurations
• cryptopp crypto\+\+ 5.6.4
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93164 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/302 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cryptopp.com/release565.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/9 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93164 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/302 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cryptopp.com/release565.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory