medium5.0
CVE-2005-4895
Multiple integer overflows in TCMalloc (tcmalloc.cc) in gperftools before 0.4 make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks …
Impact
Multiple integer overflows in TCMalloc (tcmalloc.cc) in gperftools before 0.4 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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Csilvers | Gperftools | through 0.3 Versions 0.1, 0.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://code.google.com/p/gperftools/source/browse/tags/perftools-0.4/ChangeLog
- http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/
- http://code.google.com/p/gperftools/source/browse/tags/perftools-0.4/ChangeLog
- http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/