Out-of-bounds Read Affecting cryptopp package, versions [,6.0.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CRYPTOPP-2317798
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed5 Jun 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9434  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade cryptopp to version 6.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. Crypto++ (aka cryptopp) through 5.6.5 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in zinflate.cpp in the Inflator filter.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1