CVE-2016-7544 — Crypto vulnerability

CWE-3994 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
OSV8.1
EPSS
3.3%
top 12.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Libexif Project LibexifCryptopp CryptoDebian Libcrypto
Timeline
PublishedJan 30
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Ubuntulibexif_project/libexif< 0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1+2
▶NVDcryptopp/crypto5.6.4

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-3wp6-w2rj-8433: Crypto++ 5↗2022-05-17
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OSV
libexif vulnerabilities↗2020-02-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-7544: libcrypto++ - Crypto++ 5.6.4 incorrectly uses Microsoft's stack-based _malloca and _freea func...↗2016
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CVE-2016-7544 — Cryptopp Crypto vulnerability | cvebase