CVE-2018-6551 | BDVDB-2026-96012 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e448310d74b283c5cd02b9ed7fb997b47bf9b22
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22774
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-02-02Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.