Name: CVE-2016-7420: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-09-16T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-7420, CWE-200, CVSS 5.9, EPSS 0.0199

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.9
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Sep 16, 2016
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	May 15, 2025
Freebsd	—	Upgrade cryptopp	Dec 10, 2025	Dec 6, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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