Description
The malloc implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), from version 2.24 to 2.26 on powerpc, and only in version 2.26 on i386, did not properly handle malloc calls with arguments close to SIZE_MAX and could return a pointer to a heap region that is smaller than requested, eventually leading to heap corruption.
Published: 2018-02-02
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18303 The malloc implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), from version 2.24 to 2.26 on powerpc, and only in version 2.26 on i386, did not properly handle malloc calls with arguments close to SIZE_MAX and could return a pointer to a heap region that is smaller than requested, eventually leading to heap corruption.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:10:10.398Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-6551

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-02T14:29:01.590

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:53.263

Link: CVE-2018-6551

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-02-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6551 - Bugzilla

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