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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…
High7.5EPSS 2.7%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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 the wrong pointer could be freed.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 93164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160922 CVE Assignment for Crypto++ and "AES and incorrect argument to _freea() under Microsoft compilers" (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/302 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.cryptopp.com/release565.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160923 Re: CVE Assignment for Crypto++ and "AES and incorrect argument to _freea() under Microsoft compilers" (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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