CVE-2012-2677

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2677
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-25 19:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

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

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Boost Pool 2.0.0 All All All
Application Boost Pool All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
Boost: Buffer overflow (GLSA 202105-04) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
#6701 (integer overflows in ordered_malloc()) – Boost C++ Libraries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.boost.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: boost-1.48.0-13.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Changeset 78326 – Boost C++ Libraries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.boost.org Exploit, Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: boost-1.47.0-7.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Memory allocator security revisited - Xi Wang af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kqueue.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:065 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 20416 IBM DB2 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (7145724)
  • 710111 Gentoo Linux Boost Buffer overflow vulnerability (GLSA 202105-04)
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