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CVE-2017-1000376

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000376 describes a vulnerability in libffi versions prior to 3.1 on 32-bit x86 systems, where it requests an executable stack, making it easier for attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution. This issue impacts various products that utilize libffi, including Debian, Oracle, and Red Hat. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.0 (High), indicating a significant risk due to its potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with local access and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or community discussion has been identified. The vulnerability is considered fixed in libffi version 3.1.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_virtualization_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-1000376Moderate

libffi: Requests an executable stack

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2017-1000376
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
Third Party Advisory
qualys.com / 2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3889
Third Party Advisory