{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3509","details":"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triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:05:10.913172Z","published":"2012-09-05T00:00:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:46Z","related":["USN-2496-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2012-3509"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3509"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/3"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2496-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3509"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"binutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/binutils@2.24-5ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.24-5ubuntu3"}]}],"versions":["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":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"binutils","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3"},{"binary_name":"binutils-dev","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3"},{"binary_name":"binutils-doc","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3"},{"binary_name":"binutils-multiarch","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3"},{"binary_name":"binutils-multiarch-dev","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3"},{"binary_name":"binutils-source","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3"},{"binary_name":"binutils-static","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3"},{"binary_name":"binutils-static-udeb","binary_version":"2.24-5ubuntu3"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3509.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}