{"cve":"CVE-2012-2677","nvd":{"published":"2012-07-25T19:55:03.023","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:51.667","status":"Modified","description":"Integer 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.","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-July/083416.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082977.html","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/05/1"],"products":["boost:pool"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2677","score":0.03889,"percentile":0.90241,"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."]}