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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-01T14:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2018-6485

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2020-08-24T17:37:01.140

Link: CVE-2018-6485

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2018-6485 - Bugzilla