ghsa-rxj2-pmxv-j3x6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:10
Modified
2025-04-11 03:59
Details

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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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2012-2677"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2012-07-25T19:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-rxj2-pmxv-j3x6",
  "modified": "2025-04-11T03:59:46Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:10:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2677"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-04"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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