CVE-2018-3846 - In the ffgphd and ffgtkn functions in NASA CFITSIO 3.42, specially crafted images parsed via the lib

CVE-2018-3846

Summary

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.

References

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0529
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	6.8 (as of 28-11-2022 - 22:07)
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

fedora	FEDORA-2019-3c1aed2aa9
misc	https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0529

Last major update

28-11-2022 - 22:07

Published

16-04-2018 - 16:29

Last modified

28-11-2022 - 22:07