7.5high
CVE-2017-7483
Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-in…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.4%
percentile 84%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected products
- The RXVT Project rxvt
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
References
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-7483
- NVD: CVE-2017-7483
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