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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6551

🗓️ 02 Feb 2018 14:29:00Reported by GoogleType 
osv
 osv🔗 osv.dev👁 6 Views

Glibc malloc bug on powerpc and i386 risks heap corruption by returning small blocks at SIZE_MAX.

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Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : glibc (ALAS-2018-992)
18 Apr 201800:00
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Tenable Nessus		Fedora 27 : glibc (2018-1cbdc8cbb8)
7 Mar 201800:00
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Tenable Nessus		GLSA-201804-02 : glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities
4 Apr 201800:00
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Tenable Nessus		openSUSE Security Update : glibc (openSUSE-2018-184)
21 Feb 201800:00
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Tenable Nessus		Photon OS 1.0: Glibc PHSA-2018-1.0-0111 (deprecated)
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16 Jul 2025 07:38Current
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CVSS 39.8
EPSS0.02231
gnu c librarypowerpci386size maxheap corruption
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