CVE-2018-17141
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 5.6% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
HylaFAX 6.0.6 and HylaFAX+ 5.6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a dial-in session that provides a FAX page with the JPEG bit enabled, which is mishandled in FaxModem::writeECMData() in the faxd/CopyQuality.c++ file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.59% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-09-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| hylafax | hylafax |
| hylafax | hylafax\+ |
References
- http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit%3Bh=c6cac8d8cd0dbe313689ba77023e12bc5b3027be
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/20/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00026.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/49
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-008-hylafax/
- http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit%3Bh=c6cac8d8cd0dbe313689ba77023e12bc5b3027be
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/20/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00026.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/49
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-008-hylafax/
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