CVE-2008-1367

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Gcc
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 March 2008

Summary

gcc 4.3.x does not generate a cld instruction while compiling functions used for string manipulation such as memcpy and memmove on x86 and i386, which can prevent the direction flag (DF) from being reset in violation of ABI conventions and cause data to be copied in the wrong direction during signal handling in the Linux kernel, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger memory corruption. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for CPU consumption in SBCL.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30962
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http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2008-03/msg00499.html
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http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2008-03/msg00428.html
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EPSS Score

1% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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