What is CVE-2017-6198?

CVE-2017-6198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sandstorm, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-6198?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-6198 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Sandstorm

CVE-2017-6198

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.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Sandstorm
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6198?: CVE-2017-6198 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sandstorm, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-6198?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-6198 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.