CVE-2007-3508
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189
Numeric Errors
Publication date:
03/07/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025
Description
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
Impact
Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:glibc:*:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.5 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
- http://osvdb.org/37901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25864
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
- 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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334=
- http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
- http://osvdb.org/37901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25864
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
- 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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334=
- http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240