CVE-2018-16743
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.06%
Description
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/next-login/login.c, the command-line parameter username is passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which can cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
How to fix CVE-2018-16743
To remediate CVE-2018-16743, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mgetty—upgrade to 1.2.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-16743 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 |