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FKIE_CVE-2012-3509

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-09-05 23:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:43
Severity
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54411Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttp://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2012-08/msg01986.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3509Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55281Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78135Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54411Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2012-08/msg01986.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3509Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:029Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55281Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2496-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78135Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu binutils *
gnu libiberty -
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10
debian debian_linux 7.0
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