CVE-2007-3508 json
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 vi…
published 2007-07-03 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3492
- cvss
- 7.2
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 39%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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
Patch / fix
- glibc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6-2
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-3508
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2007-3508 updated
Glibc integer overflow
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-189 Numeric Errors
References
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/glsa-200707-04.xml
vendor-advisory
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vupen.com
/english/advisories/2007/2418
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/25864
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/24758
vdb-entry
- bugs.gentoo.org /show_bug.cgi?id=183844
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sourceware.org
/ml/libc-hacker/2007-07/msg00001.html
mailing-list
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/35240
vdb-entry
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osvdb.org
/37901
vdb-entry
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securitytracker.com
/id?1018334
vdb-entry
- sources.gentoo.org /viewcvs.py/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/2.5/1600_all_glibc-hwcap-mask-secure.patch?rev=1.1&view=markup
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2007-3508
- NVD CVE-2007-3508
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