VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-2677

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.89%
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 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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