CVE-2018-11236

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-190 CWE-787

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 18, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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