UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17937

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17937
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17937.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17937
Upstream
Published
2019-03-13T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:14Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / gpsd

Package

Name
gpsd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gpsd@3.15-2build1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.11-3
3.15-2
3.15-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gpsd",
            "binary_version": "3.15-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gpsd-clients",
            "binary_version": "3.15-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgps-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.15-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgps22",
            "binary_version": "3.15-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libqgpsmm-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.15-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libqgpsmm22",
            "binary_version": "3.15-2build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-gps",
            "binary_version": "3.15-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / gpsd

Package

Name
gpsd
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gpsd@3.17-5?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.16-4
3.17-3
3.17-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gpsd",
            "binary_version": "3.17-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gpsd-clients",
            "binary_version": "3.17-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgps-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.17-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgps23",
            "binary_version": "3.17-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libqgpsmm-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.17-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libqgpsmm23",
            "binary_version": "3.17-5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-gps",
            "binary_version": "3.17-5"
        }
    ]
}