CVE-2016-7544

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CVSS 3.0

7.5 high

EPSS

3%p85

Published

Jan 30, 2017 (Jan 30, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: cryptopp
Products: crypto\+\+
Weakness: CWE-399
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.7%)

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