CVE-2018-3848 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the ffghbn function of NASA CFITSIO 3.42, affecting products like Fedora and NASA CFITSIO. This vulnerability, rated 8.8 HIGH, can be triggered by parsing specially crafted FIT images, potentially leading to arbitrary data overwrites and remote code execution. Exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.490CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nasa:cfitsio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.