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CVE-2019-1010060

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

NASA CFITSIO prior to 3.43 is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: arbitrary code execution. The component is: over 40 source code files were changed. The attack vector is: remote unauthenticated attacker. The fixed version is: 3.43. NOTE: this CVE refers to the issues not covered by CVE-2018-3846, CVE-2018-3847, CVE-2018-3848, and CVE-2018-3849. One example is ftp_status in drvrnet.c mishandling a long string beginning with a '4' character.

Affected products

• HEASARC cfitsio: before 3.43 — fixed in 3.43

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: HEASARC cfitsio 3.43. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892458
• https://github.com/astropy/astropy/pull/7274
• https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/cfitsio3420.tar.gz
• https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/cfitsio3430.tar.gz
• https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/docs/changes2.txt
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=892458
• https://github.com/astropy/astropy/pull/7274
• https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/cfitsio3420.tar.gz
• https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/cfitsio3430.tar.gz
• https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/software/fitsio/c/docs/changes2.txt

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