{"id":"CVE-2018-17937","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17937","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:28:40.782Z","title":"gpsd versions 2.90 to 3.17 and microjson versions 1.0 to 1.3, an open source project, allow a stack-based buffer overflow, which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on embedded platforms via traffic on Port 2947/TCP or crafted JSON…","description":"gpsd versions 2.90 to 3.17 and microjson versions 1.0 to 1.3, an open source project, allow a stack-based buffer overflow, which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on embedded platforms via traffic on Port 2947/TCP or crafted JSON inputs.","published":"2019-03-13T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:46:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-121","CWE-787"],"affected":["gpsd project/gpsd","microjson project/microjson","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02656,"percentile":0.85591,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.66%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107029","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-310-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00040.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00024.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-17","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107029","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-310-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00040.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00024.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-17","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17937","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}