High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-1000408
CVE-2017-1000408
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.
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Affected products
11- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/glibc&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/glibc&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3
< 2.34-1.2+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.34-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
- (no CPE)range: < 2.22-62.3.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/nvd
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