VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-7252

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.10%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-07-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

Integer overflow in the calloc function in libc/stdlib/malloc.c in jemalloc in libc for FreeBSD 6.4 and NetBSD makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which triggers a memory allocation of one byte.

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