CVE-2017-1085

Published: Sep 12, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-RELEASE, an application which calls setrlimit() to increase RLIMIT_STACK may turn a read-only memory region below the stack into a read-write region. A specially crafted executable could be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the user context.

Affected (1)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Before 11.2

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (4)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42279/

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt

Source: secteam@freebsd.org

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42279/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory

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