CVE-2018-6485
Critical
CVE-2018-6485
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.
Exploit probability
4.7%
Published
February 1, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 19, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1207 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-6485
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://bugs.debian.org/878159
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102912
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22343
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4218-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html