CVE-2018-17174

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductNmealib
PublishedSep 21, 2018
First seenSep 21, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nmealib_project nmealib0.5.3—

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