Candidate: CVE-2016-7544
PublicDate: 2017-01-30 21:59:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7544
 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/5
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.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 ratliff> Debian note says "Vulnerable code intorduced in 5.6.4"
 ratliff> Debian note says "only affects Windows and Microsoft compilers"
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by: John Byrd
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H [7.5 HIGH]

Patches_libcrypto++:
upstream_libcrypto++: not-affected
precise_libcrypto++: not-affected
trusty_libcrypto++: not-affected
trusty/esm_libcrypto++: not-affected
vivid/stable-phone-overlay_libcrypto++: DNE
vivid/ubuntu-core_libcrypto++: DNE
xenial_libcrypto++: not-affected
devel_libcrypto++: not-affected