{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "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"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4132d85888ac6c30729f58bb442a4a26a5b16cfe"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "4132d85888ac6c30729f58bb442a4a26a5b16cfe"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/weidai11/cryptopp",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "5.6.4"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {},
  "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2016-7544",
  "modified": "2026-07-08T05:38:43.250264930Z",
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}