CVE-2017-1000408

high

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.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-01

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High