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CVE-2016-7544

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-01-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-399

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.

Affected products

• Cryptopp Crypto++: 5.6.4

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93164
• https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/302
• https://www.cryptopp.com/release565.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/9
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93164
• https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/302
• https://www.cryptopp.com/release565.html

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