Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-6485
CVE-2018-6485
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.
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Affected products
17- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/glibc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg: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%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg: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%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%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 2.34-1.2+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.34-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.3-17.110.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.6.2
Patches
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References
9- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/878159nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102912nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/nvdThird Party Advisory
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4218-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/nvd
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