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CVE-2012-2673: boehm-demers-weiser garbage_collector Numeric Errors

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2013:1500RHSA-2014:0149RHSA-2014:0150
Published 25-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2673 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in boehm-demers-weiser garbage_collector. EPSS estimates a 2.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.77%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 25-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) GC_generic_malloc and (2) calloc functions in malloc.c, and the (3) GC_generic_malloc_ignore_off_page function in mallocx.c in Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC (libgc) before 7.2 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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.77% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Bdwgc

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat3 products
  • gc< 0:7.1-12.el6_4 | < 0:7.1-12.2.el5sat
  • gc-debuginfo< 0:7.1-12.el6_4 | < 0:7.1-12.2.el5sat
  • gc-devel< 0:7.1-12.el6_4
Boehm-demers-weiser1 product
  • garbage_collector≤ 7.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.10 | 4.11 | 4.12 | 4.13 | 4.14 | 4.14:alpha1 | 4.14:alpha2 | 5.0 | 5.0:alpha1 | 5.0:alpha2 | 5.0:alpha3 | 5.0:alpha4 | 5.0:alpha6 | 5.0:alpha7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.0:alpha1 | 6.0:alpha2 | 6.0:alpha3 | 6.0:alpha4 | 6.0:alpha5 | 6.0:alpha6 | 6.0:alpha7 | 6.0:alpha8 | 6.0:alpha9 | 6.1 | 6.1:alpha1 | 6.1:alpha2 | 6.1:alpha3 | 6.1:alpha4 | 6.1:alpha5 | 6.2 | 6.2:alpha1 | 6.2:alpha2 | 6.2:alpha3 | 6.2:alpha4 | 6.2:alpha5 | 6.2:alpha6 | 6.3 | 6.3:alpha1 | 6.3:alpha2 | 6.3:alpha3 | 6.3:alpha4 | 6.3:alpha5 | 6.3:alpha6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.0:alpha1 | 7.0:alpha2 | 7.0:alpha3 | 7.0:alpha4 | 7.0:alpha5 | 7.0:alpha7 | 7.0:alpha9 | 7.1 | 7.1:alpha2 | 7.2:alpha2 | 7.2:alpha4
Debian1 product
  • libgc< 1:7.1-9

3 vendors · 5 products

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