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CVE-2016-7544
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-30T21:59:01.160 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:53:13.600

Summary

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 the wrong pointer could be freed.

Affected products

cryptopp — crypto\+\+

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References

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