Description
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.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0061
EPSS Percentile
69.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
rxvt_project/rxvt
The RXVT Project/rxvt
2.7.10
Published
May 02, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026