CVE-2018-16745: mgetty_project mgetty

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16745 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in mgetty_project mgetty. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 13-09-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.