VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-3847

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability2.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references