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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.

Score
9.8 critical
Published
2018-09-21
Links
NVD · cve.org

Affected ports (1)

PortPackageVersionStatusMaintainer
comms/nmealibnmealib0.5.3unaddressedskreuzer@FreeBSD.org

Template for a VuXML entry

Range taken from the CVE record, check it before committing. make newentry in security/vuxml creates the vid.

  <vuln vid="FIXME (make newentry)">
    <topic>FIXME -- FIXME</topic>
    <affects>
      <package>
	<name>nmealib</name>
	<range><lt>FIXME</lt></range>
      </package>
    </affects>
    <description>
      <body xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
	<p>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.</p>
      </body>
    </description>
    <references>
      <cvename>CVE-2018-17174</cvename>
      <url>https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17174</url>
    </references>
    <dates>
      <discovery>2018-09-21</discovery>
      <entry>2026-10-25</entry>
    </dates>
  </vuln>