CVE-2018-16743

HIGH

mgetty < 1.2.1 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow via Username Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/next-login/login.c, the command-line parameter username is passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which can cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0045
EPSS Percentile 36.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
mgetty_project/mgetty < 1.2.1
Published Sep 13, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026