{"id":"CVE-2017-6198","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-6198","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:35:20.470Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2018-02-06T16:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:21:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-400"],"affected":["sandstorm/sandstorm"],"epss":{"score":0.0138,"percentile":0.71978,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c++#L824","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://devco.re/blog/2018/01/26/Sandstorm-Security-Review-CVE-2017-6200-en/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/blob/v0.202/src/sandstorm/supervisor.c++#L824","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6198","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}