01 Record
CVE-2016-7544
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 85.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-01-30 21:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 450c321a6c0baba1df0d13c17f93476bb5c994ddeebe734bd105dc127250b548
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com93164http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93164
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160922 CVE Assignment for Crypto++ and "AES and incorrect argument to _freea() under Microsoft compilers"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/5
- github.comhttps://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/302
- www.cryptopp.comhttps://www.cryptopp.com/release565.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160923 Re: CVE Assignment for Crypto++ and "AES and incorrect argument to _freea() under Microsoft compilers"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/9