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CVE-2018-6551

 

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

The malloc implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), from version 2.24 to 2.26 on powerpc, and only in version 2.26 on i386, did not properly handle malloc calls with arguments close to SIZE_MAX and could return a pointer to a heap region that is smaller than requested, eventually leading to heap corruption.

La implementación malloc en GNU C Library (también conocida como glibc o libc6), desde la versión 2.24 hasta la 2.26 en powerpc y solo en la versión 2.26 en i386, no gestionaba correctamente las llamadas malloc con argumentos cercanos a SIZE_MAX y podría devolver un puntero a una región de la memoria dinámica (heap) que es más pequeña que la solicitada, provocando al final una corrupción de heap.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2017-04-03 CVE Published
  • 2018-02-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2023-05-08 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Gnu
Search vendor "Gnu"
 Glibc
Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Glibc"
 >= 2.24 <= 2.26
Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Glibc" and version " >= 2.24 <= 2.26"
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Affected