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CVE-2018-3847

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Multiple exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in image parsing functionality of the CFITSIO library version 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.

Date published : 2018-08-01

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-24

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0530

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