CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-11236

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2018-05-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-05-18
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-190, CWE-787

Description

stdlib/canonicalize.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier, when processing very long pathname arguments to the realpath function, could encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit architectures, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and, potentially, arbitrary code execution.

Affected configurations

• gnu glibc (<= 2.27) • redhat virtualization host 4.0 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0 • oracle communications session border controller 8.0.0 • oracle communications session border controller 8.1.0 • oracle communications session border controller 8.2.0 • oracle enterprise communications broker 3.0.0 • oracle enterprise communications broker 3.1.0 • netapp data ontap edge • netapp element software management

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References