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High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-3847

CVE-2018-3847

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.

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Affected products

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  • Nasa/CFITSIO2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:nasa:cfitsio:3.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:nasa:cfitsio:3.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 3.42
  • CFITSIO/CFITSIOllm-create
    Range: = 3.42

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