CVE-2012-2675
N/A
Published: July 25, 2012 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNedmalloc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) CallMalloc (malloc) and (2) nedpcalloc (calloc) functions in nedmalloc (nedmalloc.c) before 1.10 beta2 make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/07/13x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ned14/nedmalloc/blob/master/Readme.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ned14/nedmalloc/commit/1a759756639ab7543b650a10c2d77a0ffc7a2000x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ned14/nedmalloc/commit/2965eca30c408c13473c4146a9d47d547d288db1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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