CVE-2012-2677 (GCVE-0-2012-2677)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-07-25 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:42
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Summary
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.
Severity
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CWE
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2012-03-05 00:00
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