CVE-2017-1000373
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.5)—💥 Exploit
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Puntuación base: 6.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 13%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 96
- Fecha de la puntuación: 7/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · OpenBSD - 'at Stack Clash' Local Privilege Escalation (28/6/2017)
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-400
Referencias
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99177
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/stdlib/qsort.c?rev=1.15&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
- https://support.apple.com/HT208112
- https://support.apple.com/HT208113
- https://support.apple.com/HT208115
- https://support.apple.com/HT208144
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42271/
- https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99177
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427
- https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/lib/libc/stdlib/qsort.c?rev=1.15&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
- https://support.apple.com/HT208112
- https://support.apple.com/HT208113
- https://support.apple.com/HT208115
- https://support.apple.com/HT208144
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42271/
- https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txt
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