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CVE-2017-1000378

Published: Jun 19, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-400
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
4.1%
Top 10.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected Products

NetBSDThe NetBSD Project
On-prem
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
n/an/a
netbsdnetbsd
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
the netbsd projectoss-projectOperating Systemsaka netbsd, netbsd project
netbsdoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka netbsd

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/lib/libc/stdlib/qsort.c?rev=1.23&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
cvsweb.netbsd.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99255
securityfocus.com
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
qualys.com
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Timeline

Published
Jun 19, 2017
Last Updated
May 13, 2026

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