CVE catalog

CVE-2019-1010189

mgetty: CVE-2019-1010189

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Jul 24, 2019, 2:15:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.83% · Oct 27, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	mgetty	sid	`1.2.1-8`	fixed
Debian	mgetty	forky	`1.2.1-8`	fixed
Debian	mgetty	trixie	`1.2.1-2`	fixed
Debian	mgetty	bookworm	`1.2.1-1.2`	fixed
Ubuntu	mgetty	16.04	`1.1.36-2.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mgetty	16.04	`1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mgetty	18.04	`1.1.36-3.1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	mgetty	20.04	`1.2.1-1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	mgetty	source	sid	`1.2.1-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	mgetty	source	forky	`1.2.1-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	mgetty	source	trixie	`1.2.1-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	mgetty	source	bookworm	`1.2.1-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	mgetty	deb	20.04	`1.2.1-1`	Not reported	UBUNTU-CVE-2019-1010189	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[mgetty]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1.2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- 1.2.1-1.2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
[mgetty-docs]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1.2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- 1.2.1-1.2 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
[mgetty-fax]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1.2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- 1.2.1-1.2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
[mgetty-pvftools]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1.2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- 1.2.1-1.2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
[mgetty-viewfax]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1.2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- 1.2.1-1.2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
[mgetty-voice]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-1.2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- 1.2.1-1.2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[mgetty]Fixed
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- 1.2.1-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
[mgetty-docs]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- 1.2.1-2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
[mgetty-fax]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- 1.2.1-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
[mgetty-pvftools]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- 1.2.1-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
[mgetty-viewfax]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- 1.2.1-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
[mgetty-voice]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
- 1.2.1-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- 1.2.1-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1
  dsa · mgetty · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:38:17 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]