CVE-2012-2673

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2673
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-25 19:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in the (1) GC_generic_malloc and (2) calloc functions in malloc.c, and the (3) GC_generic_malloc_ignore_off_page function in mallocx.c in Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC (libgc) before 7.2 make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 1.3 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 1.4 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 1.5 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 1.8 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 1.9 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 2.0 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 2.1 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 2.2 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 2.3 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 2.4 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 3.0 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 3.1 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 3.2 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 3.3 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 3.4 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 3.5 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 3.6 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 3.7 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.0 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.1 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.10 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.11 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.12 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.13 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.14 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.14 alpha1 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.14 alpha2 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.2 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.3 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.4 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.5 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.6 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.7 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.8 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 4.9 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.0 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.0 alpha1 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.0 alpha2 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.0 alpha3 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.0 alpha4 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.0 alpha6 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.0 alpha7 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.1 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.2 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.3 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 5.4 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 alpha1 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 alpha2 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 alpha3 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 alpha4 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 alpha5 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 alpha6 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 alpha7 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 alpha8 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.0 alpha9 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.1 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.1 alpha1 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.1 alpha2 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.1 alpha3 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.1 alpha4 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.1 alpha5 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.2 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.2 alpha1 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.2 alpha2 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.2 alpha3 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.2 alpha4 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.2 alpha5 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.2 alpha6 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.3 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.3 alpha1 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.3 alpha2 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.3 alpha3 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.3 alpha4 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.3 alpha5 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.3 alpha6 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.4 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.5 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.6 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.7 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.8 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 6.9 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.0 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.0 alpha1 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.0 alpha2 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.0 alpha3 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.0 alpha4 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.0 alpha5 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.0 alpha7 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.0 alpha9 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.1 All All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.1 alpha2 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.2 alpha2 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector 7.2 alpha4 All All
Application Boehm-demers-weiser Garbage Collector All alpha6 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix allocation size overflows due to rounding. · ivmai/bdwgc@be9df82 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
oss-security - memory allocator upstream patches af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: memory allocator upstream patches af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-1546-1: libgc vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: gc-7.2b-2.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
bdwgc/ChangeLog at master · ivmai/bdwgc · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:158 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Fix calloc() overflow · ivmai/bdwgc@e10c1eb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Speedup calloc size overflow check by preventing division if small value... · 83231d0 · ivmai/bdwgc · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Fix calloc-related code to prevent SIZE_MAX redefinition in sys headers · ivmai/bdwgc@6a93f8e · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Memory allocator security revisited - Xi Wang af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kqueue.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: gc-7.2b-2.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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