CVE-2018-16745

HIGH

mgetty < 1.2.1 - Buffer Overflow via Unsanitized mail_to Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow a buffer overflow if long untrusted input can reach it.

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 35.7%
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-119
Status published
Products (1)
mgetty_project/mgetty < 1.2.1
Published Sep 13, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026