CVE-2017-6198

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c++#L824Vendor Advisory
https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c++#L824Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 6, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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