Input validation error in gperftools - CVE-2005-4895
Published: July 25, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43783
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-4895
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: gperftools
Affected software:
gperftools
gperftools
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Multiple integer overflows in TCMalloc (tcmalloc.cc) in gperftools before 0.4 make it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which causes less memory to be allocated than expected.
How to mitigate CVE-2005-4895
Install update from vendor's website.