CVE-2018-6485
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-6485
To remediate CVE-2018-6485, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.27-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-6485 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.27-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |