CVE-2012-2677 Integer overflow in n/a
Medium 5.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2677 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-2677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jul 2012.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2677/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2677/index.md)
Integer overflow in Boost Pool allows attackers to trigger buffer overflows or denial of service via large memory allocation requests.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not stated
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-2677?
CVE-2012-2677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jul 2012.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2677?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
boost Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.33.1-16.el5_9 |
boost-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.33.1-16.el5_9 |
boost-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.33.1-16.el5_9 |
boost-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.33.1-16.el5_9 |
boost Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-date-time Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-filesystem Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-graph Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-graph-mpich2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-graph-openmpi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-iostreams Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-math Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-mpich2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-mpich2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-mpich2-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-openmpi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-openmpi-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-openmpi-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-program-options Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-regex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-serialization Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-signals Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-static Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-system Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-test Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-thread Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-wave Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-date-time Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-filesystem Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-graph Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-graph-mpich2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
boost-graph-openmpi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.41.0-15.el6_4 |
Products include Boost Pool.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2677?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2012-2677 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2677 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-41751, AZL-41929, GHSA-rxj2-pmxv-j3x6, RHSA-2013:0668.