Description
In the ffghtb 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.
Published: 2018-04-16
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-15635 In the ffghtb 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.
History

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01381}

epss

{'score': 0.01389}


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Fedoraproject Fedora
Nasa Cfitsio
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:32:06.589Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-3849

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-04-16T16:29:00.330

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:09.930

Link: CVE-2018-3849

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-03-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-3849 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses