High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6337
CVE-2018-6337
Description
folly::secureRandom will re-use a buffer between parent and child processes when fork() is called. That will result in multiple forked children producing repeat (or similar) results. This affects HHVM 3.26 prior to 3.26.3 and the folly library between v2017.12.11.00 and v2018.08.09.00.
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3- github.com/facebook/folly/commit/8e927ee48b114c8a2f90d0cbd5ac753795a6761fnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/e2d10a1e32d01f71aaadd81169bcb9ae86c5d6b8nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- hhvm.com/blog/2018/05/24/hhvm-3.26.3.htmlnvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
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