Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-2677
CVE-2012-2677
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.
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References
9- svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326nvdExploitPatch
- kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.htmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-04nvd
- svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701nvd
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