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CVE-2012-3509

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3509 describes multiple integer overflows in the GNU libiberty library, specifically within the _objalloc_alloc function and objalloc_alloc macro. These flaws, affecting products like canonical, debian, and gnu, can lead to a denial of service (crash) due to a heap-based buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, resulting in potential availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.22, < 2.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:libiberty:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0363 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: binutils220
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: crash
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: binutils
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: crash
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mingw32-binutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3509Moderate

libiberty: integer overflow, leading to heap-buffer overflow by processing certain file headers via bfd binary

Aug 29, 2012

References

gcc.gnu.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
gcc.gnu.org / ml/gcc-patches/2012-08/msg01986.html
PatchVendor Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-3509
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78135
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/29/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/55281
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2496-1
Third Party Advisory