CVE-2012-3509

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78135

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55281

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/3

http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3509

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2012-08/msg01986.html

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54411

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-09-05

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High