VDB
CVE-2008-1685
CVE-2008-1685
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.800000190734863 MEDIUM
** DISPUTED ** gcc 4.2.0 through 4.3.0 in GNU Compiler Collection, when casts are not used, considers the sum of a pointer and an int to be greater than or equal to the pointer, which might lead to removal of length testing code that was intended as a protection mechanism against integer overflow and buffer overflow attacks, and provide no diagnostic message about this removal. NOTE: the vendor has determined that this compiler behavior is correct according to section 6.5.6 of the C99 standard (aka ISO/IEC 9899:1999).
EPSS 1.25% · 69.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.800000190734863
EPSS Score
1.25%
69.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| gnu | gcc | 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2 |
Timeline
- Apr 6, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 23, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 14, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 24, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- gcc-weak-security(41686) vdb
- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26763 url
- VU#162289 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1685 advisory