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Unspecified vulnerability in FFmpeg before 0.10.3 has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2771, CVE-2012-2773, CVE-2012-2778, and CVE-2012-2780.
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in FFmpeg before 0.10.3 has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2771, CVE-2012-2773, CVE-2012-2778, and CVE-2012-2781.
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in the decode_frame function in libavcodec/indeo5.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to an invalid "gop header" and decoding in a "half initialized context."
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in FFmpeg before 0.10.3 has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2771, CVE-2012-2773, CVE-2012-2780, and CVE-2012-2781.
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in the decode_pic function in libavcodec/cavsdec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "width/height changing in CAVS," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2784.
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in the decode_cell_data function in libavcodec/indeo3.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 and Libav 0.8.x before 0.8.4 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to an "out of picture write."
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in the read_var_block_data function in libavcodec/alsdec.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a large order and an "out of array write in quant_cof."
UpdatedThe ff_MPV_frame_start function in libavcodec/mpegvideo.c in FFmpeg before 0.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via unspecified vectors, related to starting "a frame outside SETUP state."
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in FFmpeg before 0.10.3 has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2771, CVE-2012-2778, CVE-2012-2780, and CVE-2012-2781.
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in the ff_rv34_decode_frame function in libavcodec/rv34.c in FFmpeg before 0.11, and Libav 0.7.x before 0.7.7 and 0.8.x before 0.8.4, has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "width/height changing with frame threading."
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in FFmpeg before 0.10.3 has unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2773, CVE-2012-2778, CVE-2012-2780, and CVE-2012-2781.
UpdatedThe Authen::ExternalAuth extension before 0.11 for Best Practical Solutions RT allows remote attackers to obtain a logged-in session via unspecified vectors related to the "URL of a RSS feed of the user."
UpdatedMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the topic administration page in the Extension::MobileUI extension before 1.02 for Best Practical Solutions RT 3.8.x and in Best Practical Solutions RT before 4.0.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
UpdatedMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the topic administration page in the RTFM extension 2.0.4 through 2.4.3 for Best Practical Solutions RT allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
UpdatedUntrusted search path vulnerability in Google Chrome before 20.0.1132.43 on Windows might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Metro DLL in the current working directory.
UpdatedBuffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a command to the script-fu server.
UpdatedSQL injection vulnerability in include/functions_trackbacks.inc.php in Serendipity 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the url parameter to comment.php.
Updatedmod_auth_openid before 0.7 for Apache uses world-readable permissions for /tmp/mod_auth_openid.db, which allows local users to obtain session ids.
UpdatedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login-with-ajax.php in the Login With Ajax (aka login-with-ajax) plugin before 3.0.4.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the callback parameter in a lostpassword action to wp-login.php.
UpdatedUntrusted search path vulnerability in TrGUI.exe in the Endpoint Connect (aka EPC) GUI in Check Point Endpoint Security R73.x and E80.x on the VPN blade platform, Endpoint Security VPN R75, Endpoint Connect R73.x, and Remote Access Clients E75.x allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
UpdatedUntrusted search path vulnerability in VMware vMA 4.x and 5.x before 5.0.0.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory.
UpdatedModSecurity before 2.6.6, when used with PHP, does not properly handle single quotes not at the beginning of a request parameter value in the Content-Disposition field of a request with a multipart/form-data Content-Type header, which allows remote attackers to bypass filtering rules and perform other attacks such as cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in MySQL 5.5.x before 5.5.23 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to a "Security Fix", aka Bug #59533. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2012-1689, but as of 20120816, Oracle has not commented on this possibility.
UpdatedMySQL 5.1.x before 5.1.63 and 5.5.x before 5.5.24 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (mysqld crash) via vectors related to incorrect calculation and a sort order index.
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.5 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to "Inadequate filtering" and a "SQL error."
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in Joomla! 2.5.x before 2.5.5 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to "Inadequate checking."
Updated389 Directory Server before 1.2.11.6 (aka Red Hat Directory Server before 8.2.10-3), when the password of a LDAP user has been changed and audit logging is enabled, saves the new password to the log in plain text, which allows remote authenticated users to read the password.
UpdatedThe copy_creds function in kernel/cred.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.2 provides an invalid replacement session keyring to a child process, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted application that uses the fork system call.
Updatednet/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when the nf_conntrack_ipv6 module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via certain types of fragmented IPv6 packets.
UpdatedRevelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier does not iterate through SHA hashing algorithms for AES encryption, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to guess passwords via a brute force attack.
UpdatedRevelation 0.4.13-2 and earlier uses only the first 32 characters of a password followed by a sequence of zeros, which reduces the entropy and makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to crack passwords and obtain access to keys via a brute-force attack.
UpdatedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in public_html/lists/admin/ in phpList before 2.10.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the num parameter in a reconcileusers action.
UpdatedSQL injection vulnerability in public_html/lists/admin in phpList before 2.10.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the sortby parameter in a find action.
UpdatedOracle Java SE before 7 Update 6, and OpenJDK 7 before 7u6 build 12 and 8 before build 39, computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table.
UpdatedThe VteTerminal in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.32.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (long loop and CPU consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
UpdatedThe user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb function in /usr/libexec/accounts-daemon in AccountsService before 0.6.22 does not properly check the UID when copying an icon file to the system cache directory, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a race condition.
UpdatedIn NetworkManager 0.9.2.0, when a new wireless network was created with WPA/WPA2 security in AdHoc mode, it created an open/insecure network.
UpdatedSession fixation vulnerability in Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via a crafted session cookie.
UpdatedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that execute commands via unspecified vectors.
Updatedjava/org/apache/coyote/http11/InternalNioInputBuffer.java in the HTTP NIO connector in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.28 does not properly restrict the request-header size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large amount of header data.
UpdatedDO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2010-2021. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2010-2021. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2010-2021 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
Updated · Rejected recordThe Ubercart AJAX Cart 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.1 for Drupal stores the PHP session id in the JavaScript settings array in page loads, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing or reading the cache of the HTML of a webpage.
UpdatedThe Protected Node module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.6 for Drupal does not properly "protect node access when nodes are accessed outside of the standard node view," which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
UpdatedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the SimpleMeta module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-2.0 for Drupal allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that (1) delete or (2) add a meta tag entry.
UpdatedMultiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in the Node Hierarchy module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.5 for Drupal allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change a node hierarchy position via an (1) up or (2) down action.
UpdatedOpen redirect vulnerability in the Janrain Capture module 6.x-1.0 and 7.x-1.0 for Drupal, when synchronizing user data, allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the destination parameter.
UpdatedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Protest module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.2 or 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.2 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with the "administer protest" permission to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the protest_body parameter.
Updatedclasses/Filter/WhitelistedExternalFilter.php in the Authoring HTML module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.1 for Drupal does not properly validate sources with the host white list, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
UpdatedThe Simplenews module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4, 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.0-alpha4, and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.0-rc1 for Drupal reveals the email addresses of new mailing list subscribers when confirmation is required, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the confirmation page.
UpdatedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Maestro module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.2 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with maestro admin permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
UpdatedThe node selection interface in the WYSIWYG editor (CKEditor) in the Node Embed module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.5 and 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.0 for Drupal does not properly check permissions, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and read node titles.
UpdatedThe default views in the Organic Groups (OG) module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.4 for Drupal do not properly check permissions when all users have the "access content" permission removed, which allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions and possibly have other unspecified impact.
UpdatedThe Token Authentication (tokenauth) module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.7 for Drupal does not properly revert user sessions, which might allow remote attackers to perform requests with extra privileges.
UpdatedThe filedepot module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.3 for Drupal, when accessed using multiple different browsers from the same IP address, causes Internet Explorer sessions to "switch users" when uploading a file, which has unspecified impact possibly involving file uploads to the wrong user directory, aka "Session Management Vulnerability."
UpdatedSQL injection vulnerability in the Counter module for Drupal allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors related to "recording visits."
UpdatedMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Mobile Tools module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.3 for Drupal allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Mobile URL field or (2) Desktop URL field to the General configuration page, or the (3) message to the Mobile Tools block message options.
UpdatedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Comment Moderation module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.1 for Drupal allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that publish comments.
UpdatedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the themes_links function in template.php in the Amadou theme module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.3 for Drupal allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to class attributes in a list of links.
UpdatedThe BrowserID (Mozilla Persona) module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3 for Drupal allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users via the audience identifier.
UpdatedCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the BrowserID (Mozilla Persona) module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.3 for Drupal allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that login a user to another web site.
UpdatedMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Search API module 7.x-1.x before 7.x-1.1 for Drupal, when supporting manual entry of field identifiers, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to thrown exceptions and logging errors.
UpdatedMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Taxonomy List module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.4 for Drupal allow remote authenticated users with create or edit taxonomy terms permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to taxonomy information.
UpdatedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Zen module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.1 for Drupal, when "Append the content title to the end of the breadcrumb" is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the content title in a breadcrumb.
UpdatedDO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2012-2907. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2012-2907. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-2907 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
Updated · Rejected recordCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the _hosting_task_log_table function in modules/hosting/task/hosting_task.module in the Hostmaster (Aegir) module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.9 for Drupal allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Drush log message in a provision task log.
UpdatedThe Hostmaster (Aegir) module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.9 for Drupal does not properly exit when users do not have access to package/task nodes, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and edit unauthorized nodes.
UpdatedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Post Affiliate Pro (PAP) module for Drupal allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to user registration.
UpdatedThe filter_titles function in the Smart Breadcrumb module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.3 for Drupal does not properly convert a title to plain-text, which allows remote authenticated users with create or edit node permissions to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the title parameter.
UpdatedThe Advertisement module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.3 for Drupal does not properly restrict access to debug information, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive site configuration information that is specified by the $conf variable in settings.php.
UpdatedCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Advertisement module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.3 for Drupal, when debug mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the "$conf variable in settings.php."
UpdatedThe Ubercart Product Keys module 6.x-1.x before 6.x-1.1 for Drupal does not properly check access for product keys, which allows remote attackers to read all unassigned product keys via certain conditions related to the uid.
UpdatedDO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2012-2341. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2012-2341. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-2341 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
Updated · Rejected recordDO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2012-2340. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2012-2340. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-2340 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
Updated · Rejected recordDO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2012-2339. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2012-2339. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-2339 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage
Updated · Rejected recordCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the outputPage function in includes/SkinTemplate.php in MediaWiki before 1.17.5, 1.18.x before 1.18.4, and 1.19.x before 1.19.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uselang parameter to index.php/Main_page.
UpdatedUnspecified vulnerability in autofs, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, allows local users to cause a denial of service (autofs crash and delayed mounts) or prevent "mount expiration" via unspecified vectors related to "using an LDAP-based automount map."
UpdatedThe backend in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager (RHEV-M) before 3.1 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to query arbitrary information via a (1) SOAP or (2) GWT request.
UpdatedThe Active Record component in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.14, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.6 does not properly implement the passing of request data to a where method in an ActiveRecord class, which allows remote attackers to conduct certain SQL injection attacks via nested query parameters that leverage improper handling of nested hashes, a related issue to CVE-2012-2661.
Updatedactionpack/lib/action_dispatch/http/request.rb in Ruby on Rails before 3.0.14, 3.1.x before 3.1.6, and 3.2.x before 3.2.6 does not properly consider differences in parameter handling between the Active Record component and the Rack interface, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended database-query restrictions and perform NULL checks via a crafted request, as demonstrated by certain "['xyz
Updatedlibvirt, possibly before 0.9.12, does not properly assign USB devices to virtual machines when multiple devices have the same vendor and product ID, which might cause the wrong device to be associated with a guest and might allow local users to access unintended USB devices.
UpdatedMantisBT before 1.2.11 does not check the delete_attachments_threshold permission when form_security_validation is set to OFF, which allows remote authenticated users with certain privileges to bypass intended access restrictions and delete arbitrary attachments.
UpdatedThe mc_issue_note_update function in the SOAP API in MantisBT before 1.2.11 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote attackers with bug reporting privileges to edit arbitrary bugnotes via a SOAP request.
Updatedvirt-edit in libguestfs before 1.18.0 does not preserve the permissions from the original file and saves the new file with world-readable permissions when editing, which might allow local guest users to obtain sensitive information.
UpdatedDO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Notes: none
Updated · Rejected recordUnspecified vulnerability in the _php_stream_scandir function in the stream implementation in PHP before 5.3.15 and 5.4.x before 5.4.5 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to an "overflow."
UpdatedMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the make_variant_list function in mod_negotiation.c in the mod_negotiation module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x before 2.4.3, when the MultiViews option is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted filename that is not properly handled during construction of a variant list.
Updatedcrypto/evp/e_aes_cbc_hmac_sha1.c in the AES-NI functionality in the TLS 1.1 and 1.2 implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1d allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted CBC data.
UpdatedCumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large size in an image request.
UpdatedMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the get_sample_filters_by_signature function in Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) agent or (2) object id.
UpdatedMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Cumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to (1) "error message displays" or (2) "in source HTML on certain pages."
UpdatedCumin (aka MRG Management Console), as used in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.5, allows attackers with certain database privileges to cause a denial of service (inaccessible page) via a non-ASCII character in the name of a link.
UpdatedCumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, uses predictable random numbers to generate session keys, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess the session key.
UpdatedCumin before 0.1.5444, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime, and Grid (MRG) 2.0, does not properly restrict access to resources, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors related to (1) "web pages," (2) "export functionality," and (3) "image viewing."
UpdatedRed Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for /var/log/rhncfg-actions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the rhncfg-client actions by reading the file.
Updated389 Directory Server before 1.2.11.6 (aka Red Hat Directory Server before 8.2.10-3), after the password for a LDAP user has been changed and before the server has been reset, allows remote attackers to read the plaintext password via the unhashed#user#password attribute.
UpdatedInteger 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.
UpdatedMultiple integer overflows in the (1) malloc and (2) calloc functions in Hoard before 3.9 make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows on implementing code via a large size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.
UpdatedMultiple integer overflows in the (1) CallMalloc (malloc) and (2) nedpcalloc (calloc) functions in nedmalloc (nedmalloc.c) before 1.10 beta2 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.
UpdatedMultiple integer overflows in the (1) chk_malloc, (2) leak_malloc, and (3) leak_memalign functions in libc/bionic/malloc_debug_leak.c in Bionic (libc) for Android, when libc.debug.malloc is set, 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.
UpdatedMultiple 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.
Updated