CVE-2017-1000408

A memory leak in glibc 2.1.1 (released on May 24, 1999) can be reached and amplified through the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 72th percentile

Published

2018-02-01

Updated

2024-08-05

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2017-1000405
• CVE-2017-1000409
• CVE-2017-1000379
• CVE-2017-1000418
• CVE-2017-1000375
• CVE-2017-1000427