Glibc integer overflow
Published Jul 3, 2007
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
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
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
After careful analysis by Red Hat and several Glibc developers, it has been determined that this bug is not exploitable. For more information please see Red Hat Bugzilla bug #247208 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247208
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00454) | 37.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00454) | 35.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 12.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=183844 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://osvdb.org/37901 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25864 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24758 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018334 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2418 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3508 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=247208 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35240 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3508
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3508
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