High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 16, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-3848
CVE-2018-3848
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- Talos/NASA CFITSIOv5Range: NASA CFITSIO 3.42
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0531nvdExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K46I2MFPCEOGC5LLDXZSWPB3EBPON3KA/nvd
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