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CVE-2016-7420

Date: September 15, 2016

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.

Language: C++

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7420
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7420
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7420

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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