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CVE-2016-7420

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.

Published

2016-09-16T05:59:15.427

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-200

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	cryptopp	crypto\+\+	≤ 5.6.4	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988 ([email protected])
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)