binutils — security advisory
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) _objalloc_alloc function in objalloc.c and (2) objalloc_alloc macro in include/objalloc.h in GNU libiberty, as used by binutils 2.22, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the "addition of CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE to the length," which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- Products
- binutils
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.22-8
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-3509
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) _objalloc_alloc function in objalloc.c and (2) objalloc_alloc macro in include/objalloc.h in GNU libiberty, as used by binutils 2.22, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the "addition of CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE to the length," which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3509
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.22-8
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.22-8
binutils
Fixed versions: 2.22-8
Complete source record
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