CVE-2018-17141
hylafax - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.9%
Description
HylaFAX 6.0.6 and HylaFAX+ 5.6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a dial-in session that provides a FAX page with the JPEG bit enabled, which is mishandled in FaxModem::writeECMData() in the faxd/CopyQuality.c++ file.
How to fix CVE-2018-17141
To remediate CVE-2018-17141, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/hylafax—upgrade to 6.0.6-r5 or later
- —upgrade to 3:6.0.6-8.1 or later
- —upgrade to 3:6.0.6-6+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 3:6.0.6-7+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-17141 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 8.9%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 6.0.6-r5
- from 0, < 3:6.0.6-8.1
- from 0, < 3:6.0.6-6+deb8u1
- from 0, < 3:6.0.6-7+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |