CVE-2017-1082 describes a vulnerability in FreeBSD versions 11.x and 10.x, where a deterministic recursion pattern in the qsort algorithm can be exploited. By providing a specially crafted, "pathological" input, an attacker can cause excessive stack usage, potentially leading to a stack overflow and application crashes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable attack with low complexity that can result in high availability impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 10.0, <= 10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.0, < 11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.