NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8 getline memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getline. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2008-2542. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8. This affects the function getline. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the getline function in Ppm/ppm.C in NASA Ames Research Center BigView 1.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM file.

The weakness was shared 06/05/2008 by Alfredo Ortega with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2542 since 06/03/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42847), Exploit-DB (31872), SecurityFocus (BID 29517†) and Secunia (SA30546†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Alfredo Ortega
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-2542 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2542
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42669
X-Force: 42847 - NASA's BigView getline() buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 29517 - NASA Ames Research Center BigView PNM File Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 30546
Vupen: ADV-2008-1745

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 01/12/2025 16:11
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (54), 09/25/2018 13:09 (7), 01/12/2025 16:11 (17)
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