CVE-2012-2677
Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large memory chunk size value, which causes…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large memory chunk size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.89% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- boost/pool
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-04
- https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326Exploit, Patch
- https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701
- http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-04
- https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326Exploit, Patch
- https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.