VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-3848

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability3.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-04-16
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

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references