CVE-2012-3509

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions binutils version 2.22

Description The issue is related to multiple integer overflows in the objalloc alloc function and objalloc alloc macro, which can be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) through vectors related to the addition of CHUNK HEADER SIZE to the length. This triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Recommendations For binutils version 2.22, consider applying a patch that fixes the integer overflows in the objalloc alloc function and objalloc alloc macro to prevent heap-based buffer overflows.