CVE-2017-1082

Published Sep 12, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
In FreeBSD 11.x before 11.1-RELEASE and 10.x before 10.4-RELEASE, the qsort algorithm has a deterministic recursion pattern. Feeding a pathological input to the algorithm can lead to excessive stack usage and potential overflow. Applications that use qsort to handle large data set may crash if the input follows the pathological pattern.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-10098 In FreeBSD 11.x before 11.1-RELEASE and 10.x before 10.4-RELEASE, the qsort algorithm has a deterministic recursion pattern. Feeding a pathological input to the algorithm can lead to excessive stack usage and potential overflow. Applications that use qsort to handle large data set may crash if the input follows the pathological pattern.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
freebsd
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 12:02 AM
Reserved
Nov 30, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 12, 2018, 2:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:13 AM