Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-3849: cfitsio: Multiple vulnerabilities
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
04/16/2018
01/26/2021
01/26/2021
01/26/2021
Description
In the ffghtb 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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-sci-libs-cfitsio
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