VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-17141

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability5.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-09-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
  • CWE-824: Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Primary references