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CVE-2016-7420

CVE-2016-7420

EPSS 2.3%
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.
Affected products
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References
https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/14/5http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988