CVE-2018-3846
HIGHNASA CFITSIO 3.42 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow in ffgphd and ffgtkn Functions
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0529
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0307
EPSS Percentile
86.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora
28
nasa/cfitsio
3.42
Published
Apr 16, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026