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.
Published: 2018-02-01
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-1547 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3534-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:00:41.049Z

Reserved: 2017-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000408

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-01T04:29:00.247

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:04:40.130

Link: CVE-2017-1000408

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-12-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000408 - Bugzilla

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