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CVE-2018-3846

HIGH

8.8

Description

In the ffgphd and ffgtkn functions in NASA CFITSIO 3.42, specially crafted images parsed via the library can cause a stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data. An attacker can deliver an FIT image to trigger this vulnerability and potentially gain code execution.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published4/16/2018

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

fedoraproject:fedoranasa:cfitsio

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/(talos-cna@cisco.com)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24(talos-cna@cisco.com)

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0529(talos-cna@cisco.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0529(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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