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GHSA-3WP6-W2RJ-8433

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 03:01 – Updated: 2022-05-17 03:01

Details

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.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2016-7544 (GCVE-0-2016-7544)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-30 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:04

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

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GHSA-3WP6-W2RJ-8433

CVE-2016-7544 (GCVE-0-2016-7544)

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