CVE-2007-3508

N/A Unknown
Published: July 03, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://osvdb.org/37901
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/25864
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://osvdb.org/37901
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/25864
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
16th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-189

Affected Vendors

gentoo

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