cvelist/2018/6xxx/CVE-2018-6551.json

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                "value": "The malloc implementation in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6), from version 2.24 to 2.26 on powerpc, and only in version 2.26 on i386, did not properly handle malloc calls with arguments close to SIZE_MAX and could return a pointer to a heap region that is smaller than requested, eventually leading to heap corruption."
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                "name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/",
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