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Vulnerability details: VCID-f5pd-pd21-gua3
Vulnerability ID VCID-f5pd-pd21-gua3
Aliases CVE-2017-1000409
Summary A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH 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 6.3
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv3 4.7 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000409.json
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
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epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
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epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
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epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
epss 0.01774 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
cvssv2 6.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000409
cvssv3 7.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000409
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000409.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-1000409
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1000409
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/
1522830 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1522830
884133 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=884133
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2017-1000409 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000409
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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-1000409.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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000409
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:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000409
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 0.81891
EPSS Score 0.01774
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:43:42.536086+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3534-1/ 37.0.0