What is CVE-2019-1010189?

CVE-2019-1010189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mgetty, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-24.

How severe is CVE-2019-1010189?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mgetty

CVE-2019-1010189

mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop. The impact is: DoS, the program does never terminates. The component is: g3/g32pbm.c. The attack vector is: Local, the user should open a specially crafted file. The fixed version is: 1.2.1.

EPSS: 0.008 (54.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Mgetty — versions prior to version 1.2.1 [fixed: 1.2.1]
Mgetty_project Mgetty

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

References

josh@bress.net (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Not Applicable)
josh@bress.net (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1010189?: CVE-2019-1010189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mgetty, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-07-24.
How severe is CVE-2019-1010189?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.