High severity · published Apr 16, 2018
CVE-2018-3846
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
8.8
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CF
Cfitsio · Nasa
3.42 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
28 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3846
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3846
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24
Exploit
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0529
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