CVE-2018-6551
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-6551 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2018-02-02 14:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2023-11-07 03:00:00 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-787 | CWE-190
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit | sourceware.org | ||
| 22774 – (CVE-2018-6551) Integer overflow in _int_malloc (CVE-2018-6551) | CONFIRM | sourceware.org | Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit | CONFIRM | sourceware.org | Issue Tracking, Patch |
| February 2018 GNU C Library Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security | CONFIRM | security.netapp.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.