CVE-2018-6485: glibc: Integer overflow in posix_memalign in memalign functions

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 9.8

An integer overflow in the implementation of the posix_memalign in memalign functions in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.26 and earlier could cause these functions to return a pointer to a heap area that is too small, potentially leading to heap corruption.