{"cve":"CVE-2012-2673","nvd":{"published":"2012-07-25T19:55:02.773","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:51.190","status":"Modified","description":"Multiple 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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-189"],"references":["http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082926.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082988.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1500.html","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0149.html"],"products":["boehm-demers-weiser:garbage_collector"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2673","score":0.02766,"percentile":0.86306,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}