CVE-2018-17937

HIGH

gpsd 2.90-3.17 and microjson 1.0-1.3 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow via Port 2947/TCP or JSON Input

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

gpsd versions 2.90 to 3.17 and microjson versions 1.0 to 1.3, an open source project, allow a stack-based buffer overflow, which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on embedded platforms via traffic on Port 2947/TCP or crafted JSON inputs.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107029
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource x_refsource_misc
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-310-01
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00040.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-17
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00024.html

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0266
EPSS Percentile 83.8%
Attack Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-121 CWE-787
Status published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
gpsd_project/gpsd 2.90 - 3.17
microjson_project/microjson 1.0 - 1.3
Published Mar 13, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026