CVE-2017-1000408: gnu glibc
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-1000408 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 13-12-2017)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 01-02-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
73%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.45% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (seclists.org)
Maturity: unknown
GNU C Library Dynamic Loader glibc ld.so - Memory Leak / Buffer Overflow
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- eglibc< 2.19-0ubuntu6.14
- glibc< 2.23-0ubuntu10
Debian1 product
- glibc< 2.25-5
Gnu1 product
- glibc2.11
3 vendors · 4 products
References
11 links- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/X Refsource CONFIRM
