Memory Leak Affecting glibc package, versions [,2.1.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GLIBC-2319106
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed1 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-1000408  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for glibc.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Memory Leak. 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.

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