Description
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.
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Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2018-15634 | 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. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T01:17:05.927Z
Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-3848
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-04-16T16:29:00.283
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:09.793
Link: CVE-2018-3848
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