CVE-2016-7544

Published: Jan 30, 2017

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

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[oss-security] 20160922 CVE Assignment for Crypto++ and "AES and incorrect argument to _freea() under Microsoft compilers"

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https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/302

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https://www.cryptopp.com/release565.html

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[oss-security] 20160923 Re: CVE Assignment for Crypto++ and "AES and incorrect argument to _freea() under Microsoft compilers"

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CVE-2016-7544

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