Lack of NDEBUG Definition in Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) Allows Information Disclosure

CVE-2016-7420 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 5.6.4 does not document the requirement for a compile-time NDEBUG definition disabling the many assert calls that are unintended in production use, which might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to process memory after an assertion failure, as demonstrated by reading a core dump.

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