vulnerability
Arch Linux: Information disclosure (CVE-2016-7420)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Sep 16, 2016 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 16, 2016
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2016-7420
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-7420
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2
- URL-http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4
- URL-http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988
- URL-https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6
- URL-https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277
- URL-https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-8
- CWE-200
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