Description
fold_binary in fold-const.c in GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) 4.1 improperly handles pointer overflow when folding a certain expr comparison to a corresponding offset comparison in cases other than EQ_EXPR and NE_EXPR, which might introduce buffer overflow vulnerabilities into applications that could be exploited by context-dependent attackers.NOTE: the vendor states that the essence of the issue is "not correctly interpreting an offset to a pointer as a signed value."
Metrics
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 20, 2006
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified