CVE-2016-7420 Information disclosure in n/a
Attackers can read sensitive data from core dumps if assertions are enabled in production due to missing documentation on disabling them.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7420?
CVE-2016-7420 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Sep 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7420?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cryptopp Crypto\+\+.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7420?
Change a configuration setting.
Is CVE-2016-7420 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7420 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7420, GHSA-xh64-jjg2-744m, MGASA-2016-0333, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7420.