cvelist/2008/1xxx/CVE-2008-1685.json

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      "ID" : "CVE-2008-1685",
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   "data_version" : "4.0",
   "description" : {
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            "lang" : "eng",
            "value" : "** DISPUTED **  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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         {
            "name" : "http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26763",
            "refsource" : "MISC",
            "url" : "http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26763"
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         {
            "name" : "VU#162289",
            "refsource" : "CERT-VN",
            "url" : "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/162289"
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         {
            "name" : "gcc-weak-security(41686)",
            "refsource" : "XF",
            "url" : "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41686"
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