CVE-2016-7420

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.

• CWE-200

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988
• https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/14/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988
• https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 16, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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