VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-7544

CVSS score7.5 HIGH

EPSS probability2.73%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-01-30

Last modified2026-06-17

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.