CVE-2018-17937

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-03-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-121

Description

gpsd versions 2.90 to 3.17 and microjson versions 1.0 to 1.3, an open source project, allow a stack-based buffer overflow, which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on embedded platforms via traffic on Port 2947/TCP or crafted JSON inputs.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
ntpsec gpsd: from 2.90 through 3.17
Microjson Project Microjson: from 1.0 through 1.3

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107029
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-310-01
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00040.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00024.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-17
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107029
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-310-01
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00040.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00024.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-17

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