CVE-2018-17141
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.056 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-26
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (5)
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also known as (3)
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references (19)
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- http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit;h=82fa7bdbffc253de4d3e80a87d47fdbf68eabe36Patchcnnvd
- http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit;h=c6cac8d8cd0dbe313689ba77023e12bc5b3027becnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/20/1cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00026.htmlcnnvd
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/49cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298cnnvd
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-008-hylafax/cnnvd
- http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit%3Bh=c6cac8d8cd0dbe313689ba77023e12bc5b3027beenisa_euvd
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