Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/commit/553049ba297d89d9e8fbf2204acb40a8a53f5cd6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92988
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/16/1
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/277
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/12
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/28/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/14/5