UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3509

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3509
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3509.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3509
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Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:46Z
Published
2012-09-05T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:30:57.267146Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) objallocalloc function in objalloc.c and (2) objallocalloc 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 CHUNKHEADER_SIZE to the length," which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / binutils

Package

Name
binutils
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.24-5ubuntu3

Affected versions

2.*

2.23.52.20130913-0ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131017-1ubuntu1
2.23.90.20131116-1ubuntu1
2.23.91.20131123-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu1
2.24-1ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu1
2.24-2ubuntu2
2.24-2ubuntu3
2.24-4ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu1
2.24-5ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

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        },
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        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3",
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        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "binutils-multiarch"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.24-5ubuntu3",
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        },
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        },
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        },
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    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}