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CVE-2002-2439

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-10-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-190

Description

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

Affected products

• GNU GCC: before 4.8.0 — fixed in 4.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU GCC 4.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-2439
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2002-2439
• https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19351
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-2439
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-2439
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2002-2439
• https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19351
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-2439

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