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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-09-16T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:57:47.536Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7420

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-09-16T05:59:15.427

Modified: 2023-09-28T18:15:11.520

Link: CVE-2016-7420

cve-icon Redhat

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