CVE-2018-17937

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.

Published: 2019-03-13 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-17937 is rated High Risk (65.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.15%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-17937

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-31 3.47% 3.15% -0.32%
2 2026-02-11 4.03% 3.47% -0.57%
3 2025-12-27 — 4.03% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-17937

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:A)
Attacker has to be nearby on the network—same office, same link, that vibe—not the whole wide internet.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:A)
Requires access to an adjacent network segment.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.5 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-17937

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-17937

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2018-17937 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gpsd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17937
gentoo normal CVE-2018-17937: 1 GLSA(s) (202009-17), 1 atom(s) (sci-geosciences/gpsd); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-17937
suse medium CVE-2018-17937 severity moderate: SUSE including 2 source package names (gpsd, gpsd-devel), 2 product×package rows across 1 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4): Known Not Affected 2. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17937/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-17937 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gpsd), 19 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 13, ignored 2, needed 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17937

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-17937

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gpsd_project gpsd >= 2.90, <= 3.17 cpe:2.3:a:gpsd_project:gpsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microjson_project microjson >= 1.0, <= 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:microjson_project:microjson:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-17937

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107029 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-18-310-01 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00040.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-17 Third Party Advisory
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