CVE-2017-18269
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2...
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution.
- Record
CVE-2017-18269- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution.
- Record
CVE-2017-18269- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9396 No score
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9396- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r6cp-c5hh-vmv8
9.8
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2...
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution.
- Record
GHSA-r6cp-c5hh-vmv8- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2017-18269
9.8
CVE-2017-18269 does not affect BellSoft software
- Record
BELL-CVE-2017-18269- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
9.8
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution.
- Record
CVE-2017-18269- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-18269
9.8
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18269- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-18269
9.8
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18269- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2018-0293 No score
Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities
Updated glibc packages fix security vulnerabilities:
An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 in sysdeps/i386/i686/multiarch/memcpy-sse2-unaligned.S in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.21 through 2.27 does not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spans the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may disclose information to context-dependent attackers, or result in a denial of service, or, possibly, code execution (CVE-2017-18269).
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 (CVE-2018-11236).
- Record
MGASA-2018-0293- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10792-1 No score
glibc-2.34-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the glibc-2.34-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10792-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1562-1 No score
Security update for glibc
This update for glibc fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2017-18269: Fix SSE2 memmove issue when crossing 2GB boundary (bsc#1094150)
- CVE-2018-11236: Fix overflow in path length computation (bsc#1094161)
- CVE-2018-11237: Don't write beyond buffer destination in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper (bsc#1094154)
Non security bugs fixed:
- Fix crash in resolver on memory allocation failure (bsc#1086690)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1562-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1562-2 No score
Security update for glibc
This update for glibc fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2017-18269: Fix SSE2 memmove issue when crossing 2GB boundary (bsc#1094150)
- CVE-2018-11236: Fix overflow in path length computation (bsc#1094161)
- CVE-2018-11237: Don't write beyond buffer destination in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper (bsc#1094154)
Non security bugs fixed:
- Fix crash in resolver on memory allocation failure (bsc#1086690)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1562-2- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1991-1 No score
Security update for glibc
This update for glibc fixes the following security issues:
- CVE-2017-18269: An SSE2-optimized memmove implementation for i386 did not correctly perform the overlapping memory check if the source memory range spaned the middle of the address space, resulting in corrupt data being produced by the copy operation. This may have disclosed information to context-dependent attackers, resulted in a denial of service or code execution (bsc#1094150).
- CVE-2018-11236: Prevent integer overflow on 32-bit architectures when processing very long pathname arguments to the realpath function, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1094161).
- CVE-2018-11237: An AVX-512-optimized implementation of the mempcpy function may have writen data beyond the target buffer, leading to a buffer overflow in __mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper (bsc#1092877, bsc#1094154).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1991-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4416-1 No score
glibc vulnerabilities
Florian Weimer discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-12133)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain SSE2-optimized memmove operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-18269)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain pathname operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11236)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain AVX-512-optimized mempcpy operations. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11237)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain hostname loookups. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-19591)
Jakub Wilk discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain memalign functions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-6485)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly ignored the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment variable after security transitions. A local attacker could use this issue to bypass ASLR restrictions. (CVE-2019-19126)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-9169)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain bit patterns. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-10029)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain signal trampolines on PowerPC. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-1751)
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled tilde expansion. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-1752)
- Record
USN-4416-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
glibcDebian:12 |
before 2.27-3 | 2.27-3 |
glibcDebian:13 |
before 2.27-3 | 2.27-3 |
glibcDebian:14 |
before 2.27-3 | 2.27-3 |
glibcMageia:6 From an advisory covering 2 CVEs |
before 2.22-29.mga6 | 2.22-29.mga6 |
glibcSUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.22-62.13.2 | 2.22-62.13.2 |
glibcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.22-62.13.2 | 2.22-62.13.2 |
glibcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.22-62.13.2 | 2.22-62.13.2 |
glibcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.22-62.13.2 | 2.22-62.13.2 |
glibcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.22-62.13.2 | 2.22-62.13.2 |
glibcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.22-62.13.2 | 2.22-62.13.2 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
glibcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.22-62.13.2 | 2.22-62.13.2 |
glibcSUSE:Enterprise Storage 4 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.22-62.13.2 | 2.22-62.13.2 |
glibcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.22-62.13.2 | 2.22-62.13.2 |
glibcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.26-13.3.1 | 2.26-13.3.1 |
glibcSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 2.26-13.3.1 | 2.26-13.3.1 |
glibcUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 2.23-0ubuntu11.2, plus listed versions 2.21-0ubuntu42.21-0ubuntu52.21-0ubuntu62.23-0ubuntu12.23-0ubuntu2 Show 8 moreShow less2.23-0ubuntu32.23-0ubuntu42.23-0ubuntu52.23-0ubuntu62.23-0ubuntu72.23-0ubuntu92.23-0ubuntu102.23-0ubuntu11 |
2.23-0ubuntu11.2 |
glibcUbuntu:16.04:LTS From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 2.23-0ubuntu11.2, plus listed versions 2.21-0ubuntu42.21-0ubuntu52.21-0ubuntu62.23-0ubuntu12.23-0ubuntu2 Show 8 moreShow less2.23-0ubuntu32.23-0ubuntu42.23-0ubuntu52.23-0ubuntu62.23-0ubuntu72.23-0ubuntu92.23-0ubuntu102.23-0ubuntu11 |
2.23-0ubuntu11.2 |
glibcUbuntu:18.04:LTS From an advisory covering 11 CVEs |
before 2.27-3ubuntu1.2, plus listed versions 2.26-0ubuntu22.26-0ubuntu2.12.27-0ubuntu22.27-0ubuntu32.27-3ubuntu1 |
2.27-3ubuntu1.2 |
glibcopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 34 CVEs |
before 2.34-1.2 | 2.34-1.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18269 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Gnu Glibc, published May 18, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.54%, the 91st percentile. Fixed in glibc 2.27-3.
References
sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=cd66c0e584c6d692bc8347b5e72723d02b8a8ada
github.com/fingolfin/memmove-bug
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22644
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190329-0001
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190401-0001
usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18269
sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;h=cd66c0e584c6d692bc8347b5e72723d02b8a8ada
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r6cp-c5hh-vmv8
docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2017-18269
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18269
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0293.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23136
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-06/msg00010.html
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181562-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1086690
bugzilla.suse.com/1094150
bugzilla.suse.com/1094154
bugzilla.suse.com/1094161
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18269
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11236
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11237
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181562-2
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20181991-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1082318
bugzilla.suse.com/1092877
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18269
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4416-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18269
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12133
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6485
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11236
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11237
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19591
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9169
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19126
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1751
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1752
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10029
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5064
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5155
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3192
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5180
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10228
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10739
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6261
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6323
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000366
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000408
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12132
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12133
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15670
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16997
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17426
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000001
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19591
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6485
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19126
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-25013
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7309
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9169
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10029
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1752
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27618
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29562
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29573
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6096
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27645
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3326
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33574