TI-2007-03401 Aliases CVE-2007-3508 GHSA-r68c-v3gr-w2rh

Integer overflow in the process_envvars function in elf/rtld.c in glibc before 2.5-rc4…

LOW 32CWE-189Published 2007-07-03 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00454 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:glibc::r3::::::*	up to 2.5	Vulnerable	gentoo

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:glibc:*:r3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.5 Vulnerable ·gentoo

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-3508
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r68c-v3gr-w2rh

References

Advisory 2

Other 4

Sources

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