CVE-2018-16742
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-16742
To remediate CVE-2018-16742, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mgetty—upgrade to 1.2.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-16742 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.2.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |