CVE-2017-1000409 EXPLOIT
7.0
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 1.2% (pctl 68)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
A buffer overflow in glibc 2.5 (released on September 29, 2006) and can be triggered through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. Please note that many versions of glibc are not vulnerable to this issue if patched for CVE-2017-1000366.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.0 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 1.21% — more likely to be exploited than 68% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-02-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnu | glibc |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | GNU C Library Dynamic Loader glibc ld.so - Memory Leak / Buffer Overflow | 2017-12-13 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD