FKIE_CVE-2018-6485

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-02-01 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:01
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/878159Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102912Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22343Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4218-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/878159Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102912Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22343Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4218-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu glibc *
redhat virtualization_host 4.0
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
oracle communications_session_border_controller 8.0.0
oracle communications_session_border_controller 8.1.0
oracle communications_session_border_controller 8.2.0
oracle enterprise_communications_broker 3.0.0
oracle enterprise_communications_broker 3.1.0
netapp cloud_backup -
netapp data_ontap_edge -
netapp element_software -
netapp element_software_management -
netapp steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage -
netapp storage_replication_adapter *
netapp vasa_provider *
netapp vasa_provider 6.x
netapp virtual_storage_console *
netapp virtual_storage_console -
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