Description
A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the xtimor NMEA library (aka nmealib) 0.5.3. nmea_parse() in parser.c allows an attacker to trigger denial of service (even arbitrary code execution in a certain context) in a product using this library via malformed data.
Published: 2018-09-21
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8949 A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the xtimor NMEA library (aka nmealib) 0.5.3. nmea_parse() in parser.c allows an attacker to trigger denial of service (even arbitrary code execution in a certain context) in a product using this library via malformed data.
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00301}

epss

{'score': 0.00429}


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Nmealib Project Nmealib
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:39:59.706Z

Reserved: 2018-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-17174

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-21T17:29:07.483

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:54:00.570

Link: CVE-2018-17174

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