CVE-2017-1000408

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.

• CWE-772

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/385Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/27/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/06/28/2
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Feb 1, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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