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TI-2002-02351 Aliases CVE-2002-2439GHSA-mm8j-7g3h-x2mj

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

Priority LOW 35CWE-190Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00548 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
GNUgcc4.8.0—No fix listedCNA
  • gcc VendorGNU Affected 4.8.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gcc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.8.0VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gcc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.8.0 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-2439
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mm8j-7g3h-x2mj

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 2

  • TI-2023-03747 GCC's-fstack-protector fails to guard dynamically-sized local variables on AArch64 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2018-09258 stack_protect_prologue in cfgexpand.c and stack_protect_epilogue in function.c in GNU… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2019-11913 The POWER9 backend in GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) before version 10 could optimize… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2008-01316 gcc 4.3.x does not generate a cld instruction while compiling functions used for string… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-15306 GCC c++filt v2.26 was discovered to contain a use-after-free vulnerability via the component cplus-dem.c. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2000-01207 The -ftrapv compiler option in gcc and g++ 3.3.3 and earlier does not handle all types of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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