CVE-2018-16742

mgetty: Stack-based buffer overflow in contrib/scrts.c triggered via command line parameter

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.9

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 13, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/scrts.c, a stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered via a command-line parameter.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of mgetty as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as they did not include the scrts binary, which is found in the contribs directory of the upstream source code.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 2.9
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow