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.
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|---|
| text | N/A | n/a |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/ | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-04 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO |
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| CAPEC ID | Description |
|---|
| Event | Date |
|---|
| Hyperlink | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/78326 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/ | x_refsource_MISC x_transferred |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13 | mailing-list x_refsource_MLIST x_transferred |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083416.html | vendor-advisory x_refsource_FEDORA x_transferred |
| https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/6701 | x_refsource_CONFIRM x_transferred |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_MANDRIVA x_transferred |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-04 | vendor-advisory x_refsource_GENTOO x_transferred |