CVE-2012-2677

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2677
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-25 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2021-05-26 10:15:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: memory allocator upstream patches MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - memory allocator upstream patches MLIST www.openwall.com
Changeset 78326 – Boost C++ Libraries CONFIRM svn.boost.org Exploit, Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:065 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: boost-1.48.0-13.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Memory allocator security revisited - Xi Wang MISC kqueue.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: boost-1.47.0-7.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Boost: Buffer overflow (GLSA 202105-04) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
#6701 (integer overflows in ordered_malloc()) – Boost C++ Libraries CONFIRM svn.boost.org
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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