Name: CVE-2017-1000408: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-02-01T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-1000408, CWE-772, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00761

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade glibc	Jul 30, 2024	Feb 1, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade glibc-profile-32bitUpgrade glibc-locale-32bitUpgrade glibc-infoUpgrade nscdUpgrade glibc-utilsUpgrade glibc-profileUpgrade glibc-locale-base-32bitUpgrade glibc-extraUpgrade glibc-devel-32bitUpgrade glibc-32bitUpgrade glibc-locale-baseUpgrade glibc-htmlUpgrade glibc-localeUpgrade glibc-i18ndataUpgrade glibc-devel-staticUpgrade glibc-langUpgrade glibc-develUpgrade glibc	Jan 13, 2018	Jan 12, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libc6	Jan 18, 2018	Jan 12, 2018

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CVSS Details

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