Vulnerability CVE-2012-2677
Published: 2012-07-25

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Boost -> POOL 

 References:
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.html
http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/
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