Improper input validation in Gpsd Project
CVE-2013-2038
The NMEA0183 driver in gpsd before 3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a GPS packet with a malformed $GPGGA interpreted sentence that lacks certain fields and a terminator. NOTE: a separate issue in the AIS driver was also reported, but it might not be a vulnerability.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gpsd Project — versions 3.0, 3.1, 3.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gpsd.git/commit/ (Exploit, Patch)
- www.osvdb.org/93000 (vdb-entry)
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1820-1 (vendor-advisory)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/1 (mailing-list)
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/02/20 (mailing-list)
- lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gpsd-dev/2013-05/msg00000.html (mailing-list)
- www.osvdb.org/93001 (vdb-entry)