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Vulnerability details: VCID-2vwa-88ed-rber
Vulnerability ID VCID-2vwa-88ed-rber
Aliases CVE-2017-1000408
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
System Score Found at
cvssv3 3.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000408.json
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
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epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
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epss 0.01541 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
cvssv2 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000408
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000408
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000408.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000408
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000408
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/
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
1522828 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1522828
884132 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=884132
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-1000408 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000408
CVE-2017-1000409;CVE-2017-1000408 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/43331.txt
USN-3534-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3534-1/
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Dec. 13, 2017
Description GNU C Library Dynamic Loader glibc ld.so - Memory Leak / Buffer Overflow
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date Dec. 13, 2017
Exploit type local
Platform linux
Source update date Jan. 8, 2018
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000408.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000408
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000408
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.806
EPSS Score 0.01541
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:43:42.518747+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3534-1/ 37.0.0