{"id":"CVE-2016-7544","details":"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.","modified":"2026-07-08T12:41:48.505580Z","published":"2017-01-30T21:59:01.160Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93164"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.cryptopp.com/release565.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/5"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/23/9"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp/issues/302"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp","events":[{"introduced":"4132d85888ac6c30729f58bb442a4a26a5b16cfe"},{"last_affected":"4132d85888ac6c30729f58bb442a4a26a5b16cfe"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:cryptopp:crypto\\+\\+:5.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"5.6.4"},{"last_affected":"5.6.4"}],"source":"CPE_STRING"}}],"versions":["5.6.4","CRYPTOPP_5_6_4"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7544.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}