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CVE-2018-3848

In the ffghbn function 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.

Published

2018-04-16T16:29:00.283

Last Modified

2024-11-21T04:06:09.793

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	nasa	cfitsio	< 3.490	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	28	Yes

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/ ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0531 Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
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 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0531 Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)