CVE-2018-3849

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.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0531	Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/	Mailing List Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:nasa:cfitsio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-04-16 09:29

Updated : 2023-01-31 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-3849

Mitre link : CVE-2018-3849

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

nasa

cfitsio

fedoraproject

fedora

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