CVE-2017-1000378

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000378
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-19 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
src/lib/libc/stdlib/qsort.c - view - 1.23 MISC cvsweb.netbsd.org Third Party Advisory
NetBSD CVE-2017-1000378 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt MISC www.qualys.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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