An issue was discovered in musl libc 0.7.10 through 1.2.6. Stack-based memory corruption can occur during qsort of very large arrays, due to incorrectly implemented double-word primitives. The number of elements must exceed about seven million, i.e., the 32nd Leonardo number on 32-bit platforms (or the 64th Leonardo number on 64-bit platforms, which is not practical).
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Title musl: musl libc: Arbitrary code execution and denial of service via stack-based memory corruption in qsort
Weaknesses CWE-190
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Description An issue was discovered in musl libc 0.7.10 through 1.2.6. Stack-based memory corruption can occur during qsort of very large arrays, due to incorrectly implemented double-word primitives. The number of elements must exceed about seven million, i.e., the 32nd Leonardo number on 32-bit platforms (or the 64th Leonardo number on 64-bit platforms, which is not practical).
First Time appeared Musl-libc
Musl-libc musl
Weaknesses CWE-670
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:musl-libc:musl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Musl-libc
Musl-libc musl
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-14T14:32:24.901Z

Reserved: 2026-04-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-40200

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-10T17:17:25.925Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-10T17:17:14.107

Modified: 2026-04-13T15:02:06.187

Link: CVE-2026-40200

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-40200 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-14T16:36:38Z