CVE-2006-7252

Summary

Integer overflow in the calloc function in libc/stdlib/malloc.c in jemalloc in libc for FreeBSD 6.4 and NetBSD makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which triggers a memory allocation of one byte.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/
• http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=161263

References

• http://kqueue.org/blog/2012/03/05/memory-allocator-security-revisited/
• http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=161263

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