High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17426
CVE-2017-17426
Description
The malloc function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 could return a memory block that is too small if an attempt is made to allocate an object whose size is close to SIZE_MAX, potentially leading to a subsequent heap overflow. This occurs because the per-thread cache (aka tcache) feature enables a code path that lacks an integer overflow check.
Affected products
5Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue Tracking
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