{"id":"CVE-2018-17141","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17141","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:46:34.264Z","title":"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.","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 FaxModem::writeECMData() in the faxd/CopyQuality.c++ file.","published":"2018-09-21T17:29:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:45:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787","CWE-824"],"affected":["debian/debian linux","hylafax/hylafax","hylafax/hylafax\\+"],"epss":{"score":0.05588,"percentile":0.92853,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit%3Bh=c6cac8d8cd0dbe313689ba77023e12bc5b3027be","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/20/1","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00026.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/49","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-008-hylafax/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.hylafax.org/HylaFAX?a=commit%3Bh=c6cac8d8cd0dbe313689ba77023e12bc5b3027be","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/20/1","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00026.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/49","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-008-hylafax/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17141","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}