High severity · published Feb 1, 2018
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
7.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
Glibc · Gnu
2.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000408
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000408
Exploit
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/
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