Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.006
EPSS Ranking 68.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.9
CVSS v2 Score 4.3
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277
Products affected by CVE-2016-7420
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.6.1
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.6.3
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cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto++:5.6.4