CVE-2002-2439 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Integer overflow in the new[] operator in gcc before 4.8.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impacts.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00137.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gnu	Gcc

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gcc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2417	Integer overflow in the new[] operator in gcc before 4.8.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impacts.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-2439
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2002-2439
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19351
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2439
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-2439
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-2439

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00169}`	epss `{'score': 0.00181}`

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-10-23T17:47:38

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:54.588Z

Reserved: 2012-01-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2002-2439

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-23T18:15:11.007

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:43:41.680

Link: CVE-2002-2439

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2002-08-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2002-2439 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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