CVE-2006-1902

Published Apr 20, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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."

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-1902 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."
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:27 PM
Reserved
Apr 20, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 20, 2006, 10:02 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:23 PM