CVE-2017-1000408

HIGH

glibc <2.1.1 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by Qualys Corporation · textlocallinux

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

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (6)

[Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/

[Vendor Advisory] https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0076

EPSS Percentile 73.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-772

Status published

Affected Products (1)

gnu/glibc

Timeline

Published Feb 01, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026