CVE-2018-11236
N/A
Published: May 18, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:35 AM UTC
9 products affected across 4 vendorsEnterprise Linux DesktopEnterprise Linux ServerEnterprise Linux Workstation
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104255Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190329-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190401-0001/x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22786Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190CWE-787
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