CVE-2016-7420 affects Crypto++ versions through 5.6.4 due to a lack of documented requirements for disabling assertion calls in production builds. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) allows attackers to potentially obtain sensitive information from process memory, such as core dumps, following an assertion failure. The attack vector is network-based with high attack complexity, leading to a high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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