CVE-2016-7544
Crypto++ 5.6.4 incorrectly uses Microsoft's stack-based _malloca and _freea functions. The library will request a block of memory to align a table in memory. If the table is later reallocated, then the wrong pointer could be freed.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2017-01-30
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Affected products
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93164
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/302
- https://www.cryptopp.com/release565.html
