CVE-2018-16742 : An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/scrts.c, a stack-base

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.

Published 2018-09-13 16:29:01

Updated 2020-08-24 17:37:01

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory Corruption

Products affected by CVE-2018-16742

Mgetty Project » Mgetty
Versions before (<) 1.2.1
cpe:2.3:a:mgetty_project:mgetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

EPSS FAQ

0.05%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 18 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.6	MEDIUM	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	3.9	6.4	NIST
Access Vector: Local Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Partial Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: Partial
7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	1.8	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: Low User Interaction: None Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

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