CVE-2018-6551

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22774	Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e448310d74b283c5cd02b9ed7fb997b47bf9b22

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Nov 2023, 03:00

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	{'url': 'https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=8e448310d74b283c5cd02b9ed7fb997b47bf9b22', 'name': 'https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=8e448310d74b283c5cd02b9ed7fb997b47bf9b22', 'tags': ['Issue Tracking', 'Patch'], 'refsource': 'CONFIRM'}	() https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e448310d74b283c5cd02b9ed7fb997b47bf9b22 -

Information

Published : 2018-02-02 14:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2018-6551

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6551

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-6551

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnu

glibc

CWE

CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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