CVE-2017-7467

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 v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97966	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7467	Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:minicom_project:minicom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-07-11 13:29

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:03

NVD link : CVE-2017-7467

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7467

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7467

JSON object : View

Products Affected

minicom_project

minicom

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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