CVE-2016-7420 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Cryptopp	Crypto\+\+

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1
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/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277

History

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/14/5

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-14T20:04:12.033Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7420

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-16T05:59:15.427

Modified: 2025-11-14T20:15:44.153

Link: CVE-2016-7420

Redhat

No data.

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