CVE-2018-17937

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 13, 2019 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:46 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxGPSdMicrojson

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.32.90 ≤ v ≤ 3.17
v ≤ 1.31.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107029
x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-310-01
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00040.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00024.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-17

CVSS

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-121CWE-787

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