UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7420

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7420
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7420.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7420
Upstream
Published
2016-09-16T05:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:53Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / libcrypto++

Package

Name
libcrypto++
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcrypto++@5.6.1-6+deb8u3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.6.1-6
5.6.1-6+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
5.6.1-6+deb8u3build0.14.04.1
5.6.1-6+deb8u3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.6.1-6+deb8u3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.6.1-6+deb8u3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.6.1-6+deb8u3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++9"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7420.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libcrypto++

Package

Name
libcrypto++
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcrypto++@5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.6.1-8
5.6.1-9
5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1
5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.6.1-9ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++9v5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7420.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libcrypto++

Package

Name
libcrypto++
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcrypto++@5.6.4-8?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*
5.6.4-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.6.4-8",
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.6.4-8",
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.6.4-8",
            "binary_name": "libcrypto++6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7420.json"