CVE-2018-16744
N/A
Published: September 13, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMgetty
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.2.1
Affected range stops below 1.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgettyQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78NVD-CWE-noinfo
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