Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-17141

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.

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Affected products

Hylafax/Hylafaxinferred4 versions
= 6.0.6+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: = 6.0.6
- cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax\+:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =6.0.6
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/hylafax+&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 7.0.3-5.1

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/09/20/1nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
seclists.org/bugtraq/2018/Sep/49nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-008-hylafax/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00026.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298nvdThird Party Advisory
git.hylafax.org/HylaFAXnvd

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