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CVE-2008-1685

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.3%EU EUVD

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)

Key facts

CVSS score
6.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-119
EPSS score
1.3% (70th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-1686)
Published
April 6, 2008
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1686 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • gnu / gcc
  • gnu / gcc
  • gnu / gcc
  • gnu / gcc
  • gnu / gcc
  • gnu / gcc

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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