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TI-2019-15966 Aliases CVE-2019-1010060GHSA-3gpw-r459-56f2

Memory corruption in nasa CFITSIO

Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07172 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
nasaCFITSIO< 3.43 [fixed: 3.43]—No fix listedCNA
  • CFITSIO Vendornasa Affected < 3.43 [fixed: 3.43] Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nasa:cfitsio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.43Vulnerablenasa
  • cpe:2.3:a:nasa:cfitsio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.43 Vulnerable ·nasa

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-1010060
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3gpw-r459-56f2

References

Advisory 5

  • TI-2026-74909 Heap out-of-bounds read in CFITSIO HCOMPRESS tile decoder CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2026-74908 Heap out-of-bounds read in CFITSIO via negative ZDITHER0 seed CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2018-02819 Out-of-bounds write in Talos NASA CFITSIO CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-02818 Out-of-bounds write in Talos NASA CFITSIO CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-02816 Out-of-bounds write in Talos NASA CFITSIO CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-02817 Out-of-bounds write in nasa CFITSIO CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

Sources

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