VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-7467
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way minicom before version 2.7.1 handled VT100 escape sequences.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.73%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.73%). 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
- 2.73% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787, CWE-119
- Affected
- minicom project/minicom
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
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. Refreshed daily.