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CVE-2017-1000408

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-02-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-772

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.

Affected products

• GNU C Library (glibc): 2.1.1

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/

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