CVE-2016-9939 is a bug in the ASN.1 BER decoding routine of Crypto++ (versions up to 5.6.4), affecting products like cryptopp and Debian Linux. The vulnerability stems from the library allocating memory based on the ASN.1 object's length field, then zeroing out unused portions if insufficient content octets are present, causing a noticeable delay for large allocations. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows for a denial of service (A:H) due to the potential for significant delays, requiring no user interaction or privileges. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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