Memory Reallocation Vulnerability in Crypto++ 5.6.4

CVE-2016-7544 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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