{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16744","details":"An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:47:12Z","published":"2018-09-13T16:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2018-16744"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16744"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16744"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mgetty","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mgetty@1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.1.36-2.1","1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"mgetty","binary_version":"1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-docs","binary_version":"1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-fax","binary_version":"1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-pvftools","binary_version":"1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-viewfax","binary_version":"1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-voice","binary_version":"1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16744.json"}},{"package":{"name":"mgetty","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/mgetty@1.1.36-3.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.1.36-3.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"mgetty","binary_version":"1.1.36-3.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-docs","binary_version":"1.1.36-3.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-fax","binary_version":"1.1.36-3.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-pvftools","binary_version":"1.1.36-3.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-viewfax","binary_version":"1.1.36-3.1"},{"binary_name":"mgetty-voice","binary_version":"1.1.36-3.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16744.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}