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

published February 1, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01450 · 73.2th percentile
Published
2018-02-01T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 FEB 04:00Z
    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
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