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: 2018-02-02T14:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-2018-6551

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2023-11-07T03:00:02.573

Link: CVE-2018-6551

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2018-6551 - Bugzilla