Buffer overflow in Nmealib Project
CVE-2018-17174
A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the xtimor NMEA library (aka nmealib) 0.5.3. nmea_parse() in parser.c allows an attacker to trigger denial of service (even arbitrary code execution in a certain context) in a product using this library via malformed data.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.026 (84.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nmealib Project — versions 0.5.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.cnblogs.com/tr3e/p/9662324.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-17174?
- CVE-2018-17174 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Nmealib Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-09-21.
- How severe is CVE-2018-17174?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.