Out-of-bounds read and write in the glibc's qsort()

Re:Out-of-bounds read and write in the glibc's qsort() by kramerger on Monday February 05, 2024 @01:49PM (#39265185)

But is this really exploitable?

And i had always thought networked services avoid using plain qsort due to risk of dos

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Re:Out-of-bounds read and write in the glibc's qsort() by jacquesm on Monday February 05, 2024 @03:59PM (#39267081)

That's the big question, it may well be. But I don't immediately see how though there are probably enough applications out there using quicksort that some of them may end up being exploitable. But it would take an interesting set of circumstances to bring that about.

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