CVE-2018-3847 — Vulnetix

CVE-2018-3847 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.48% · 65.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.48%

65.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	cfitsio	0, 3.370-5

Exploit Intelligence

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0530 (nist-nvd)
GLSA-202101-24 (circl)

Timeline

Aug 1, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3847 third-party-advisory
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0530 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3847 third-party-advisory

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