CVE-2017-17426

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 5, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-17426: High severity, CVSS 8.1 | Vulnix