CVE-2017-1000409
7.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.88%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2017-1000409
To remediate CVE-2017-1000409, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.25-5 or later
Is CVE-2017-1000409 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, 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 | HIGH7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |