VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-1000408

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-772: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

Primary references