CVE-2006-7252

Freebsd - Numeric Error

Title source: rule

Description

Integer overflow in the calloc function in libc/stdlib/malloc.c in jemalloc in libc for FreeBSD 6.4 and NetBSD makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to perform memory-related attacks such as buffer overflows via a large size value, which triggers a memory allocation of one byte.

Scores

EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 54.9%

Classification

CWE
CWE-189
Status draft

Affected Products (2)

freebsd/freebsd
netbsd/netbsd

Timeline

Published Jul 25, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026