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CVE-2017-1000408

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-1000408 describes a memory leak vulnerability in GNU glibc versions, specifically glibc 2.1.1, which can be amplified via the LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit (EDB-43331) demonstrating a memory leak/buffer overflow is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit/Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43331 · Dec 13, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0145 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 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 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-1000408Low

glibc: Memory leak reachable via LD_HWCAP_MASK

Dec 11, 2017

References

seclists.org / oss-sec/2017/q4/385
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20190404-0003
exploit-db.com / exploits/43331
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2