Published: 16/04/2018 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8

VMScore: 605

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

In the ffgphd and ffgtkn functions 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.

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fedoraproject fedora 28

Debian Bug report logs - #892458 cfitsio: vulnerabilities Package: cfitsio; Maintainer for cfitsio is Debian Astronomy Maintainers <debian-astro-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Ole Streicher <olebole@debianorg> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 09:00:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: security Found in versions 3 ...

CWE-787 https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0529 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892458 https://nvd.nist.gov

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