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Unscored CVE-2017-1000378 EUVD-2017-1537GHSA-qc88-87cw-xw5j

The NetBSD qsort() function is recursive, and not randomized, an attacker can construct a pathological input array of N elements that cause…

Published Jun 19, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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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