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.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
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

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-01-31 20:29

Updated : 2019-10-02 17:03

NVD link : CVE-2017-1000408

Mitre link : CVE-2017-1000408

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-772

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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Products Affected

gnu

glibc

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