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TI-2016-06321 Aliases CVE-2016-7420GHSA-xh64-jjg2-744m

Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 5.6.4 does not document the requirement for a…

Priority LOW 30CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0199 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 5.6.4VulnerableCryptopp
  • cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.6.4 Vulnerable ·Cryptopp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7420
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xh64-jjg2-744m

References

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2022-24110 Crypto++ through 8.4 contains a timing side channel in ECDSA signature generation. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-27866 ModularSquareRoot in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-08052 Crypto++ (aka cryptopp and libcrypto++) 5.6.4 contained a bug in its ASN.1 BER decoding… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-06416 Crypto++ 5.6.4 incorrectly uses Microsoft's stack-based _malloca and _freea functions. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-03396 The timing attack protection in Rijndael::Enc::ProcessAndXorBlock and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-27865 gf2n.cpp in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 8.9.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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