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CVE-2019-1010189 json

mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-1934

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop. The impact is: DoS, the program does never terminates. The component is: g3/g32pbm.c. The attack vector is: Local, the user should open a specially crafted file. The fixed version is: 1.2.1.

Patch / fix

  • mgetty_project mgetty 1.2.1
  • mgetty Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-1010189

  • mgetty Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.2.1-1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-1010189

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-1010189 updated cvss 5.5

mgetty: opening a specially crafted file leads to an infinite loop and DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mgetty Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mgetty, mgetty-voice, mgetty-sendfax, mgetty-viewfax
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mgetty, mgetty-voice, mgetty-sendfax, mgetty-viewfax
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • mgetty mgetty

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

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