CVE-2018-17141
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 8.9%hylafax - security update
Published: 9/21/2018Modified: 11/19/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-17141DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17141
Description
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/hylafaxfrom 0, < 6.0.6-r5
- Debian/hylafaxfrom 0, < 3:6.0.6-8.1
- Debian/hylafaxfrom 0, < 3:6.0.6-6+deb8u1
- Debian/hylafaxfrom 0, < 3:6.0.6-7+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |