CVE-2019-1010189

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-07-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-835

Description

mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop. The impact is: DoS, the program does never terminates. The component is: g3/g32pbm.c. The attack vector is: Local, the user should open a specially crafted file. The fixed version is: 1.2.1.

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://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YH7KTF6IB4LZURQHCOICNVE6YDAIHV62/
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YH7KTF6IB4LZURQHCOICNVE6YDAIHV62/
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty/

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