Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2007-3508
Mend.io Vulnerability Database
The largest open source vulnerability database
What is a Vulnerability ID?
New vulnerability? Tell us about it!
CVE-2007-3508
July 03, 2007
Integer overflow in the process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in glibc before 2.5-rc4 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a large LD_HWCAP_MASK environment variable value. NOTE: the glibc maintainers state that they do not believe that this issue is exploitable for code execution
Related Resources (11)
http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/25864
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418
http://osvdb.org/37901
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2007-3508
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758
Do you need more information?
Contact Us
CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
EPSS
Base Score:
0.05