CVE-2002-1050

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in HylaFAX faxgetty before 4.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long line of image data.

Affected products

Hylafax: 4.0.2, 4.0_pl0, 4.0_pl1, 4.0_pl2, 4.1, 4.1.1 (+4)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0358.html
http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=312
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-148
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9729.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:055
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2002_035_hylafax.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5349
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0358.html
http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=312
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-148
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9729.php
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:055

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