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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…
High8.8EPSS 3.5%
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- Assigned by
- talos
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| talosCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Stack-based buffer overflow
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected NASA CFITSIO 3.42
References (3)
- FEDORA-2019-3c1aed2aa9 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-202101-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0531 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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