CVE-2019-6488 (NVD)

2019-01-18

The string component in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, when running on the x32 architecture, incorrectly attempts to use a 64-bit register for size_t in assembly codes, which can lead to a segmentation fault or possibly unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by a crash in __memmove_avx_unaligned_erms in sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memmove-vec-unaligned-erms.S during a memcpy.

Products Glibc
Type Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CWE-404)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106671
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24097