CVE-2018-3847 - Multiple exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in image parsing functionality of the CFI

CVE-2018-3847

Summary

Multiple exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in image parsing functionality of the CFITSIO library version 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.

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0530
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:nasa:cfitsio:3.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nasa:cfitsio:3.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	6.8 (as of 28-11-2022 - 22:08)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

CWE-787

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

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

refmap via4

misc

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0530

Last major update

28-11-2022 - 22:08

Published

01-08-2018 - 19:29

Last modified

28-11-2022 - 22:08