vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-3846: cfitsio: Multiple vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 16, 2018 | Jan 26, 2021 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 16, 2018
Added
Jan 26, 2021
Modified
Aug 13, 2025
Description
In the ffgphd and ffgtkn functions 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
gentoo-linux-upgrade-sci-libs-cfitsio
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