Out-of-bounds Write Affecting glibc package, versions <2.23-0ubuntu11.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-GLIBC-451689
  • published18 May 2018
  • disclosed18 May 2018

Introduced: 18 May 2018

CVE-2018-11237  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 glibc to version 2.23-0ubuntu11.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An AVX-512-optimized implementation of the mempcpy function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier may write data beyond the target buffer, leading to a buffer overflow in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper.

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