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CVE-2019-1010189

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1010189 describes an infinite loop vulnerability in mgetty versions prior to 1.2.1, specifically within the g3/g32pbm.c component. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file, causing the program to never terminate. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), the attack requires user interaction and local access, but results in high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mgetty_project:mgetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mgetty

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-1010189Moderate

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

Aug 9, 2019

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YH7KTF6IB4LZURQHCOICNVE6YDAIHV62
x41-dsec.de / lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty
Not ApplicableThird Party Advisory