Security advisory

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  "id": "9b9ceeee93a5f187c1e45bba92a7de791d4614f4e608fd889165a78cdc318197",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-1000408",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-1000408",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-1000408",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-1000408",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-1000408"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/bminor/glibc",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "6d8ec2b1b2934abc8d951ccb534872f0086fda48"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6d8ec2b1b2934abc8d951ccb534872f0086fda48"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.1.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.1.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.1.1",
            "glibc-2.1.1",
            "cvs/glibc-2_1_1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-1000408.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git",
              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "6d8ec2b1b2934abc8d951ccb534872f0086fda48"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.1.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.1.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.1.1",
            "glibc-2.1.1",
            "cvs/glibc-2_1_1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-1000408.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:23.329186649Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0003/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43331/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-1000408",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430890,
  "published_at": "2018-02-01T04:29:00.247+00:00"
}