CVE-2017-7467CWE-787

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way minicom before version 2.7.1 handled VT100 escape sequences

High · published July 11, 2018

CVSS v3.0
7.0
EPSS
3%
Percentile
85.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02700 · 85.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2018-07-11T13:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 JUL 13:00Z
    A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way minicom before version 2.7.1 handled VT100 escape sequences
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