CVE-2016-7420

MediumCVSS 5.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.9/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/14/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 16, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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