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CVE-2016-7544

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.73% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-7544
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.73%
Microsoft

Original Filing — NVD 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.