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…

published September 16, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
2%
Percentile
80.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01990 · 80.4th percentile
Published
2016-09-16T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 16 SEP 00:00Z
    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…
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