CVE-2012-3509

Name	CVE-2012-3509
Description	Multiple integer overflows in the (1) _objalloc_alloc function in objalloc.c and (2) objalloc_alloc macro in include/objalloc.h in GNU libiberty, as used by binutils 2.22, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the "addition of CHUNK_HEADER_SIZE to the length," which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-324-1
Debian Bugs	688951

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
binutils (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	2.25-5+deb8u2	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	2.28-5+deb9u1	fixed
	buster, buster (lts)	2.31.1-16+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	2.35.2-2	fixed
	bookworm	2.40-2	fixed
	trixie	2.43.50.20241215-1	fixed
	sid	2.43.50.20241221-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
binutils	source	squeeze	2.20.1-16+deb6u2		DLA-324-1
binutils	source	(unstable)	2.22-8	low		688951