CVE-2008-1685

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        "impactScore": 6.4,
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
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  "published": "2008-04-06T23:44:00.000",
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      "url": "http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26763",
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      "url": "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162289",
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    {
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41686",
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          "value": "CWE-119"
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      "value": "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)"
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      "value": "** DISPUTED ** gcc de 4.2.0 a 4.3.0 en GNU Compiler Collection, cuando casts no están utilizados, considera que la suma de un puntero y un entero es mayor o igual que el puntero, lo que podría llevar a la eliminación del código de comprobación de longitud que estaba previsto como un mecanismo de protección contra ataques de desbordamientos de enteros y desbordamiento de búfer, y no proporcionar un mensaje diagnóstico sobre esta eliminación. NOTA: el proveedor ha determinado que este comportamiento del compilador es correcto según la sección 6.5.6 de la norma C99 (también conocido como ISO/IEC 9899:1999)."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:52:15.830",
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    {
      "comment": "The Red Hat Security Response Team is aware of this new gcc behavior and is currently working to determine what impact these changes will have on the source code processed by the compiler. These changes do not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2, 3, 4, or 5.",
      "lastModified": "2008-07-24T00:00:00",
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