VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-6485
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability4.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory