CVE-2016-7420
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 16, 2016
- Updated
- Nov 14, 2025
- Reserved
- Sep 9, 2016
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6
- 92988vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20160915 Re: Does a documentation bug elevate to CVE status? - Crypto++mailing-list
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277
- [oss-security] 20160915 Re: Does a documentation bug elevate to CVE status? - Crypto++mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230928 Re: CVE-2023-4863: libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codecmailing-list
- [oss-security] 20230928 Re: CVE-2023-4863: libwebp: Heap buffer overflow in WebP Codecmailing-list
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/14/5
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