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CVE-2017-1000408

HighPublished

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...

Published: Feb 1, 2018
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Assigning CNA: mitre
Evidence observed: Dec 13, 2017

Primary CVSS

7.8/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.0

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

EPSS probability estimate

1.4%

Low · next 30 days

Percentile: 69.9%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

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.

Sources

GNU C Library Dynamic Loader glibc ld.so - Memory Leak / Buffer OverflowExploit
Qualys Corporation · linux · Dec 13, 2017

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