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CVE-2012-3509: canonical ubuntu_linux Numeric Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0346SUSE-OU-2015:1803-1UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3509
Published 05-09-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3509 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Numeric Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.63%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DLA-324-1USN-2496-1

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.63%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.63% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.63%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse17 products
  • binutils&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4< 2.25.0-5.5
  • binutils&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 2.25.0-5.5
  • binutils&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4< 2.25.0-5.5
  • binutils&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4< 2.25.0-5.5
  • cross-ppc-binutils&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4< 2.25.0-5.7
Debian2 products
Gnu2 products
Mageia2 products
  • sdcc< 3.4.0-6.mga3 | < 3.4.0-6.mga3.nonfree
  • sdcc< 3.4.0-6.mga4 | < 3.4.0-6.mga4.nonfree
Canonical1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutils< 2.24-5ubuntu3

6 vendors · 25 products

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