| Name | CVE-2016-7544 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libcrypto++ (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.6.1-6+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch | 5.6.4-7 | fixed |
| buster | 5.6.4-8 | fixed |
| bullseye | 8.4.0-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 8.7.0+git220824-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.9.0-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libcrypto++ | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- libcrypto++ <not-affected> (Vulnerable code intorduced in 5.6.4, only affects Windows and Microsoft compilers)