Vulnerability in Boost Pool
CVE-2012-2677
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.
EPSS: 0.039 (89.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Boost Pool — versions 2.0.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)