CVE-2017-1000373

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.

References

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

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42271/

https://support.apple.com/HT208144

https://support.apple.com/HT208115

https://support.apple.com/HT208113

https://support.apple.com/HT208112

https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/stdlib/qsort.c?rev=1.15&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99177

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3