CVE-2018-3847
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:57 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCFITSIO
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0530CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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