CVE-2016-9939
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 30, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 12, 2016
Description
Crypto++ (aka cryptopp and libcrypto++) 5.6.4 contained a bug in its ASN.1 BER decoding routine. The library will allocate a memory block based on the length field of the ASN.1 object. If there is not enough content octets in the ASN.1 object, then the function will fail and the memory block will be zeroed even if its unused. There is a noticeable delay during the wipe for a large allocation.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- [oss-security] 20161212 Re: CVE Request: Potential DoS in Crypto++ ASN.1 parsermailing-list
- DSA-3748vendor-advisory
- 94854vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2019-812b77ed2evendor-advisory
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