CVE-2018-11237
High
CVE-2018-11237
An AVX-512-optimized implementation of the mempcpy function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier may write data beyond the target buffer, leading to a buffer overflow in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper.
Exploit probability
0.9%
Published
May 18, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 19, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1209 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-11237
View original source
An AVX-512-optimized implementation of the mempcpy function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier may write data beyond the target buffer, leading to a buffer overflow in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104256
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190329-0001/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190401-0001/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23196
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44750/
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html