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CVE-2018-3846

Published: Apr 16, 2018

Modified: Sep 17, 2024

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

8.8

HIGH

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.

VendorProductVersions

Talos

NASA CFITSIO

affected
NASA CFITSIO 3.42

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

FEDORA-2019-3c1aed2aa9
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-202101-24
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO

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