CVE-2016-9939
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20
Input Validation
Publication date:
30/01/2017
Last modified:
07/11/2023
Description
Crypto++ (aka cryptopp and libcrypto++) 5.6.4 contained a bug in its ASN.1 BER decoding routine. The library will allocate a memory block based on the length field of the ASN.1 object. If there is not enough content octets in the ASN.1 object, then the function will fail and the memory block will be zeroed even if its unused. There is a noticeable delay during the wipe for a large allocation.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\+\+:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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