CVE-2019-6488 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2019-6488 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.15% · 35.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.15%

35.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	glibc	0, 2.21-0ubuntu4, 2.21-0ubuntu5
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	eglibc	2.19-0ubuntu6.14, 2.19-0ubuntu6.15, 2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS	glibc	0, 2.26-0ubuntu2, 2.26-0ubuntu2.1

Timeline

Jan 18, 2019 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6488 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-6488 third-party-advisory

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