Is CVE-2017-1000408 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-1000408 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-1000408?

CVE-2017-1000408 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-1000408?

CVE-2017-1000408 has an EPSS score of 1.48% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-1000408?

Upgrade glibc on debian 11 to 2.25-5 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-1000408

HIGHEPSS 71th pctl

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-772

How to fix

Remediation Available

glibcDebian

Fixed in:2.25-5CVE-2017-1000408

eglibcUbuntu

Fixed in:2.19-0ubuntu6.14USN-3534-1

glibcUbuntu

Fixed in:2.23-0ubuntu10USN-3534-1

libc6Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.19-0ubuntu6.14USN-3534-1

Fixed in:2.23-0ubuntu10USN-3534-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.48%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-772 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2003-0132	Medium	5.0	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-14495	High	7.5	84%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-22883	High	7.5	77%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-2398	High	8.6	36%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-9375	High	7.5	28%	-	-
CVE-1999-1127	High	7.5	18%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.