CVE-2017-7467
HIGHminicom < 2.7.1 - Buffer Overflow via VT100 Escape Sequence Handling
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97966
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7467
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13
Scores
CVSS v3
7.0
EPSS
0.0276
EPSS Percentile
84.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
minicom_project/minicom
< 2.7.1
Published
Jul 11, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026