VDB
CVE-2018-16743
CVE-2018-16743
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/next-login/login.c, the command-line parameter username is passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which can cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
EPSS 0.45% · 37.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.45%
37.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | mgetty | 0, 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1, 1.1.36-2.1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | mgetty | 0, 1.1.36-3.1 |
Timeline
- Sep 13, 2018 CVE Published
- Sep 21, 2018 PoC Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 30, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 11, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 13, 2022 EPSS Score
References
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16743 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16743 advisory