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CVE-2018-17141 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit%3Bh=c6cac8d8cd0dbe313689ba77023e12bc5b3027be CVE
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00026.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/49 CVEExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-008-hylafax/ CVEExploitThird Party Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]
CWE-824Access of Uninitialized Pointer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
debian debian linux
8.0
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
hylafax hylafax
6.0.6

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
hylafax hylafax+
5.6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax+:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-17141
NVD Published Date:
Sep 21, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-17141 Details - Not Deferred