Mgetty
CVE-2019-1010190
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
mgetty prior to 1.2.1 is affected by: out-of-bounds read. The impact is: DoS, the program may crash if the memory is not mapped. The component is: putwhitespan() in g3/pbm2g3.c. The attack vector is: Local, the victim must open a specially crafted file. The fixed version is: 1.2.1.
AnalysisAI
mgetty prior to 1.2.1 is affected by: out-of-bounds read. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125), which allows attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries. mgetty prior to 1.2.1 is affected by: out-of-bounds read. The impact is: DoS, the program may crash if the memory is not mapped. The component is: putwhitespan() in g3/pbm2g3.c. The attack vector is: Local, the victim must open a specially crafted file. The fixed version is: 1.2.1. Affected products include: Mgetty Project Mgetty. Version information: prior to 1.2.1.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate array indices and buffer lengths. Use memory-safe languages. Enable AddressSanitizer during testing.
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complex
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complex
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complex
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complex
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complex
mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no
Same weakness CWE-125 – Out-of-bounds Read
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