Vulnerabilities of functions memalign(), posix_memalign(), aligned_alloc(), valloc(), and pvalloc() in the GNU C Library, which allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, cause system failures, or disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability of the functions memalign, posixmemalign, alignedalloc, valloc, and pvalloc in the GNU C Library is related to integer overflow. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause service failures or disclose confidential information...

PT-2024-20432 · Eclipse · Eclipse Threadx Netx Duo

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Eclipse ThreadX NetX Duo versions prior to 6.4.0 Description: The issue arises when an attacker can control parameters of the portable aligned alloc function, potentially causing an integer wrap-around and an allocation smaller than expected...

Mimalloc Can Allocate Memory with Bad Alignment

This crate depended on a promise regarding alignments made by the author of the mimalloc allocator to avoid using aligned allocation functions where possible for performance reasons. Since then, the mimalloc allocator's logic changed, making it break this promise. This caused this crate to return...