Out-of-bounds Write The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package cfitsio  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-CFITSIO-647012
  • published16 Apr 2018
  • disclosed16 Apr 2018

Introduced: 16 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-3849  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cfitsio package and not the cfitsio package as distributed by Ubuntu.

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.