VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-3847
Multiple exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in image parsing functionality of the CFITSIO library version 3.42.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.84%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.84% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- nasa/cfitsio
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24Third Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0530Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24Third Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0530Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.