CVE-2018-16744

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.

Affected products

mgetty: before 1.2.1 — fixed in 1.2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mgetty 1.2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty

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