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CVE-2017-7467

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way minicom before version 2.7.1 handled VT100 escape sequences.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.0
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.7%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way minicom before version 2.7.1 handled VT100 escape sequences. A malicious terminal device could potentially use this flaw to crash minicom, or execute arbitrary code in the context of the minicom process.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.70% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
CNA3.07.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA3.07.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD3.09.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] minicom

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/97966 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7467 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201706-13 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred

Sources

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