VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-3848
In the ffghbn function in NASA CFITSIO 3.42, specially crafted images parsed via the library can cause a stack-based buffer overflow overwriting arbitrary data.
HIGH 8.8EPSS 3.57%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.57%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the ffghbn function 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 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.57% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- nasa/cfitsio · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24Third Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0531Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24Third Party Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0531Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.