CVE-2018-17174

Published Sep 21, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8949 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00301}

epss

{'score': 0.00429}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 10:39 AM
Reserved
Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 21, 2018, 5:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM