ubuntu-cve-2018-17141
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-09-21 17:29
Modified
2025-09-08 16:45
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "hylafax-client",
            "binary_version": "3:6.0.6-6+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "hylafax-server",
            "binary_version": "3:6.0.6-6+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "hylafax",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/hylafax@3:6.0.6-6+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3:6.0.6-6"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "hylafax-client",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "hylafax-server",
            "binary_version": "3:6.0.6-8.1~ubuntu0.18.04.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "hylafax",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/hylafax@3:6.0.6-8.1~ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3:6.0.6-8"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17141",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:45:02Z",
  "published": "2018-09-21T17:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17141"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit;h=82fa7bdbffc253de4d3e80a87d47fdbf68eabe36"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17141"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-17141"
  ]
}



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