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CVE-2018-11236
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2018-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-190
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 products
- GNU C Library (glibc): through 2.27
- NetApp Data Ontap Edge: all versions
- NetApp Element Software Management: all versions
- Oracle Corporation Communications Session Border Controller: 8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0
- Oracle Corporation Enterprise Communications Broker: 3.0.0, 3.1.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
- RedHat Virtualization Host: 4.0
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104255
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190329-0001/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190401-0001/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22786
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=5460617d1567657621107d895ee2dd83bc1f88f2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104255
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3092
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