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CVE-2008-1685

Published: Apr 6, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.3%
Top 34.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

gcc 4.2.0 through 4.3.0 in GNU Compiler Collection, when casts are not used, considers the sum of a pointer and an int to be greater than or equal to the pointer, which might lead to removal of length testing code that was intended as a protection mechanism against integer overflow and buffer overflow attacks, and provide no diagnostic message about this removal. NOTE: the vendor has determined that this compiler behavior is correct according to section 6.5.6 of the C99 standard (aka ISO/IEC 9899:1999)

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119CWE-189

Affected Products

gccgnuOSS Libraries
n/an/a
GNU Compiler CollectionGNU General Public LicenseOSS Libraries
gnuoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka g. nu
gnu general public licenseoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka gnu gpl, gpl

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26763
gcc.gnu.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162289
kb.cert.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41686
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 6, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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