4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2016-7420

Published: 16/09/2016 Updated: 28/09/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.9 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.2
VMScore: 384
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) up to and including 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 malicious users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to process memory after an assertion failure, as demonstrated by reading a core dump.

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Vendor Advisories

Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 564 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 readin ...