CVE-2017-1000408
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.76%
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-1000408
To remediate CVE-2017-1000408, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.25-5 or later
Is CVE-2017-1000408 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.25-5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |