CVE-2017-1000408

highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.015 · 73 %ileexploit · functionalDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

1.45% (73rd) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-772USprimaryCWE-399US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-43331GNU C Library Dynamic Loader glibc ld.so - Memory Leak / Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

HPE Fabric OSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:hpe:fabric_os:-
Open Source GNU libcall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:gnu:glibc:-
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
The GNU Project glibc≤ 2.1.1fstec_bduRU
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА» РОСА Кобальтall versionsfstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition≤ 1.6 «Смоленск»fstec_bduRU
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра» Astra Linux Special Edition для «Эльбрус»≤ 8.1 «Ленинград»fstec_bduRU
gnu glibc= 2.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1478GNU libc: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2018-01-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GNU libc ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit den Rechten des Dienstes oder mit administrative Privilegien auszuführen oder einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (5)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-02-01modified 2026-06-17

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references (18)

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