Description
An integer overflow in the implementation of the posix_memalign in memalign functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 and earlier could cause these functions to return a pointer to a heap area that is too small, potentially leading to heap corruption.
Published: 2018-02-01
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18241 An integer overflow in the implementation of the posix_memalign in memalign functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 and earlier could cause these functions to return a pointer to a heap area that is too small, potentially leading to heap corruption.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4218-1 GNU C Library vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4416-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:01:49.264Z

Reserved: 2018-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6485

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-01T14:29:00.623

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:45.230

Link: CVE-2018-6485

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6485 - Bugzilla

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