CVE-2018-3847

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    CVE-2018-3847

    Published: 1 Aug 2018Last Modified: 14 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0530

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