UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3848
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3848, https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0531, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3848
Affected packages
Package
Name: cfitsio
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
3.370-5
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
None
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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