CVE-2017-6198
N/A
Published: February 6, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:21 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSandstorm
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
The Supervisor in Sandstorm doesn't set and enforce the resource limits of a process. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by launching a fork bomb in the sandbox, or by using a large amount of disk space.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 0.203
Affected range stops below 0.203, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c++#L824Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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