CVE-2017-1085 is a vulnerability in FreeBSD versions prior to 11.2-RELEASE, where an application using setrlimit() to increase RLIMIT_STACK could inadvertently make a read-only memory region below the stack writable. This flaw could allow a specially crafted executable to achieve arbitrary code execution in the user context. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 11.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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