CVE-2017-1085
N/A
Published: September 12, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:13 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
In FreeBSD before 11.2-RELEASE, an application which calls setrlimit() to increase RLIMIT_STACK may turn a read-only memory region below the stack into a read-write region. A specially crafted executable could be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the user context.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (2)
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42279/x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.qualys.com/2017/06/19/stack-clash/stack-clash.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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