Buffer overflow in Mgetty Project

CVE-2018-16742

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/scrts.c, a stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered via a command-line parameter.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (36.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mgetty_project Mgetty
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16742?: CVE-2018-16742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mgetty Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2018-16742?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.