Vulnerability in GNU Binutils
CVE-2012-3509
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) _objalloc_alloc function in objalloc.c and (2) objalloc_alloc macro in include/objalloc.h in GNU libiberty, as used by binutils 2.22, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the "addition of CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE to the length," which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Binutils
- GNU Libiberty
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2012-08/msg01986.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78135 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55281 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3509 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)