UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6485

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6485

    Published: 1 Feb 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6485

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6485, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4218-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4416-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6485

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: eglibc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.17-93ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High