MGASA-2018-0159

Advisory lineage Upstream: 2 Downstream: 0
Published: 06 Mar 2018, 07:55
Last modified:16 Apr 2026, 06:22

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Mar 2018, 07:55
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
16 Apr 2026, 06:22
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerability 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 (CVE-2018-6485, CVE-2018-6551).

Affected Systems

  • mageia•glibc

    < 2.22-28.mga6

References (3)