Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-11236
CVE-2018-11236
Description
stdlib/canonicalize.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier, when processing very long pathname arguments to the realpath function, could encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit architectures, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and, potentially, arbitrary code execution.
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Affected products
22- osv-coords21 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/glibc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 2.34-1.2+ 20 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.34-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.13.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.13.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-13.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.26-13.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-40.16.950
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.13.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.13.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.13.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-22.27.958
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.19-40.16.950
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.13.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.13.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.13.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.13.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104255nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190401-0001/nvdThird Party Advisory
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190329-0001/nvdBroken Link
- usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/nvd
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