CVE-2012-2677

Exp

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.

Published: 2012-07-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2677 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.89%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.07% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2677

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2677

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.82% 3.89% +3.07%
2 2026-04-01 1.45% 0.82% -0.63%
3 2026-03-23 — 1.45% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2677

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2677

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2677

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2012-2677: 1 GLSA(s) (202105-04), 1 atom(s) (dev-libs/boost); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-2677
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2677
ubuntu low CVE-2012-2677 low priority: Ubuntu including 7 source packages (boost, boost1.40, …), 168 status rows across 24 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 150, ignored 8, needs-triage 6, not-affected 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2677

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2677

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
boost pool <= 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:boost:pool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
boost pool 2.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:boost:pool:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2677

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