CVE-2018-17141
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-09-21 17:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 10:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-09-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 85d7e3571fe8af77c224bd74e105b6a53dfeeb0d08146d64d0d118c33598d86a
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180922 [SECURITY] [DLA 1515-1] hylafax security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00026.html
- seclists.org20180919 X41 D-Sec GmbH Security Advisory X41-2018-008: Multiple Vulnerabilities in HylaFAXhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/49
- git.hylafax.orghttp://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit%3Bh=c6cac8d8cd0dbe313689ba77023e12bc5b3027be
- www.x41-dsec.dehttps://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-008-hylafax/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4298https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20180920 X41 D-Sec GmbH Security Advisory X41-2018-008: Multiple Vulnerabilities in HylaFAXhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/20/1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- hylafax Fixed in 3:6.0.6-8.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- hylafax Fixed in 3:6.0.6-8.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- hylafax Fixed in 3:6.0.6-8.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- hylafax Fixed in 3:6.0.6-6+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- hylafax Fixed in 3:6.0.6-8.1~ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.