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.
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| References | () http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/ - | |
| References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.html - | |
| References | () http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html - | |
| References | () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065 - | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1 - | |
| References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13 - | |
| References | () https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-04 - | |
| References | () https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326 - Exploit, Patch | |
| References | () https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701 - |
Information
Published : 2012-07-25 19:55
Updated : 2024-11-21 01:39
NVD link : CVE-2012-2677
Mitre link : CVE-2012-2677
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-2677
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Products Affected
boost
- pool
CWE
CWE-189
Numeric Errors