CVE-2017-7467

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-7467
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-11 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:29:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Minicom Project Minicom All All All All
Application Minicom Project Minicom All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE-2017-7467: minicom and prl-vzvncserver vt100.c escparms[] buffer overflow MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
minicom: Remote execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 201706-13) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
1442099 – (CVE-2017-7467) CVE-2017-7467 minicom: Out of bounds write in vt100.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Minicom CVE-2017-7467 Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710402 Gentoo Linux minicom Remote execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201706-13)

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