CVE-2018-6485 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8