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CVE-2017-1000373

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Published: Jun 19, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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6.5
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.5
Source: NVD

Description

The OpenBSD 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 OpenBSD 6.1 and possibly earlier versions.

Affected (1)

Products: Openbsd: Openbsd
Openbsd
1 product
Openbsd
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Openbsd
Up to 6.1

Related CWEs

CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.

References (18)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
MitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
MitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

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