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CVE-2018-11236

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11236 is a critical integer overflow vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc) 2.27 and earlier, specifically in the realpath function, affecting products from vendors like GNU, NetApp, Oracle, and Red Hat. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows for a stack-based buffer overflow on 32-bit architectures when processing very long pathnames, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. While highly severe and easily exploitable over a network with low complexity, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Furthermore, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0731 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: glibc-0:2.17-260.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: glibc
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: glibc

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-11236Moderate

glibc: Integer overflow in stdlib/canonicalize.c on 32-bit architectures leading to stack-based buffer overflow

Feb 4, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHBA-2019:0327
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3092
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190329-0001
Broken Link
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190401-0001
Third Party Advisory
sourceware.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
sourceware.org / git/gitweb.cgi
usn.ubuntu.com / 4416-1
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104255
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry