CVE-2017-7467

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2018-07-11

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-119, CWE-787

Affected products

• Minicom (Minicom Project)
• Minicom (Unknown)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97966
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7467
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13