CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-16743

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.

4.6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mgetty_project:mgetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-09-13 04:29

Updated : 2020-08-24 05:37

NVD link : CVE-2018-16743

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16743

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-787