CVE-2017-1000378

Published Jun 19, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 4.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The NetBSD qsort() function is recursive, and not randomized, an attacker can construct a pathological input array of N elements that causes qsort() to deterministically recurse N/4 times. This allows attackers to consume arbitrary amounts of stack memory and manipulate stack memory to assist in arbitrary code execution attacks. This affects NetBSD 7.1 and possibly earlier versions.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-1537 The NetBSD qsort() function is recursive, and not randomized, an attacker can construct a pathological input array of N elements that causes qsort() to deterministically recurse N/4 times. This allows attackers to consume arbitrary amounts of stack memory and manipulate stack memory to assist in arbitrary code execution attacks. This affects NetBSD 7.1 and possibly earlier versions.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:00 PM
Reserved
Jun 13, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 19, 2017, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:59 AM