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CVE-2017-17426
Published: Dec 5, 2017
Modified: Sep 16, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The malloc function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 could return a memory block that is too small if an attempt is made to allocate an object whose size is close to SIZE_MAX, potentially leading to a subsequent heap overflow. This occurs because the per-thread cache (aka tcache) feature enables a code path that lacks an integer overflow check.
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References
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22375
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