CVE-2017-7467
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way minicom before version 2.7.1 handled VT100 escape sequences.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.70% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-119
- Affected
- minicom project/minicom
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7467Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97966Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7467Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.