Servers and applications
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. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
- Severity
- High 7.8
- Published
- 1 Feb 2018
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 1.5% in the next 30 daysHigher than 73% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-772
- Attack
- Needs local access · Needs a user account · No user action needed
- Attacker can
- Read data · Change data · Take it down
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
GNU C LibraryServers and applications · cpe:a:gnu:glibc |
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