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CVE-2017-7467

HIGH
Published 2018-07-11T13:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
7.0
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.014
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 1.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.792
Higher than 79.2% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]

minicom

Affected Versions:

minicom 2.7.1

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-526f-cp8m-4xjp

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

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

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

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
Published: 2018-07-11T13:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.557Z
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