CVE-2018-17937

mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEURUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
2.66% (86th) EPSS
CVSS 5.8 · medium
Is it mine?
15 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cisa_csaf_ot

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedgpsdcisa_csaf_ot

    gpsd/microjson project maintainers recommend upgrading to gpsd Version 3.18 or newer and microjson 1.4 or newer to resolve this vulnerability.http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gpsd/http://www.catb.org/esr/microjson/

    http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gpsd/
  • Fixedmicrojsoncisa_csaf_ot

    gpsd/microjson project maintainers recommend upgrading to gpsd Version 3.18 or newer and microjson 1.4 or newer to resolve this vulnerability.http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gpsd/http://www.catb.org/esr/microjson/

    http://download-mirror.savannah.gnu.org/releases/gpsd/
  • Mitigationgpsdcisa_csaf_ot

    Platforms which implement stack protector and local variable re-ordering reduce the impact of this vulnerability to availability only.

  • Mitigationmicrojsoncisa_csaf_ot

    Platforms which implement stack protector and local variable re-ordering reduce the impact of this vulnerability to availability only.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.8–8.8

v2.05.8mediumAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 6.5 · impact 6.4
v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9
v3.08.3highCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
v3.18.8highAV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-121USCWE-121USCWE-121USCWE-787US
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affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSA-18-310-01gpsd Open Source Project2018-11-06icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow remote code execution, data exfiltration, or denial-of service via device crash.

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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducisa_csaf_otnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2019-03-13modified 2026-06-17
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references (23)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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