CVE-2007-3508
glibc < 2.5 - Integer Overflow in process_envvars via LD_HWCAP_MASK
Title source: llmDescription
Integer overflow in the process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in glibc before 2.5-rc4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a large LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable value. NOTE: the glibc maintainers state that they do not believe that this issue is exploitable for code execution
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
Patch mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/37901
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25864
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup
Scores
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
15.9%
Details
CWE
CWE-189
Status
published
Products (1)
gentoo/glibc
< 2.5
Published
Jul 03, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026