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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-5474 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was found in NASA cFS up to 7.0.0. This affects the function CFE_MSG_GetSize of the file apps/to_lab/fsw/src/to_lab_passthru_encode.c of the component CCSDS Packet Header Handler. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attacker must have access to the local network to execute the attack. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulDB
CVSS-B 5.3 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/nasa/cFS/ VulDB
https://github.com/nasa/cFS/issues/952 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/submit/781950 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/355078 VulDB
https://vuldb.com/vuln/355078/cti VulDB

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer VulDB  
CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow VulDB  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-5474
NVD Published Date:
04/03/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/03/2026
Source:
VulDB