| Name | CVE-2018-3848 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 892458 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cfitsio (PTS) | bullseye | 3.490-3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4.2.0-3 | fixed |
| forky, sid, trixie | 4.6.2-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cfitsio | source | (unstable) | 3.430-1 | low | | 892458 |
Notes
[stretch] - cfitsio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - cfitsio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0531
Mitigated to a crash due to hardened build flags