CVE-2007-3508
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
Published:Jul 3, 2007
Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
EPS:Jul 3, 2007
EPSS Score:0.00051
CVSS Score:7.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Gentoo
Product
Glibc
Gentoo
Glibc
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
