THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-2677
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-2677

Pool vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.9%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in the ordered_malloc function in boost/pool/pool.hpp in Boost Pool before 3.9 makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large memory chunk size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.
Affected vendor
Boost
Affected product
Pool
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-07-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-2677

  • Confirm whether Boost Pool is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-2677.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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