{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T06:57:08+00:00","cve":"CVE-2017-7483","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2017-7483","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2017-7483.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7483","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7483"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2017-7483","description":"Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"redhat","published_at":"2017-05-02 14:59:00","updated_at":"2025-04-20 01:37:25"},"problem_types":["CWE-125","Integer overflow"],"metrics":[{"version":"3.1","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"7.5","severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","data":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"}},{"version":"2.0","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"5","severity":"","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","data":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","baseScore":5,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"}}],"references":[{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html","name":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"title":"[SECURITY] [DLA 2683-1] rxvt security update","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"404"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15","name":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"title":"oss-security - Integer Overflow in rxvt","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18","name":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"title":"oss-security - Re: Integer Overflow in rxvt","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7483","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7483","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"The RXVT Project","product":"rxvt","version":"affected 2.7.10","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2017","cve_id":"7483","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"debian","cpe5":"debian_linux","cpe6":"9.0","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2017","cve_id":"7483","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"rxvt_project","cpe5":"rxvt","cpe6":"-","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[{"cve":"CVE-2017-7483","qid":"178668","title":"Debian Security Update for rxvt (DLA 2683-1)"}]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T16:04:11.602Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"name":"[oss-security] 20170501 Integer Overflow in rxvt","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20170501 Re: Integer Overflow in rxvt","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18"},{"name":"[debian-lts-announce] 20210609 [SECURITY] [DLA 2683-1] rxvt security update","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"],"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"product":"rxvt","vendor":"The RXVT Project","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"2.7.10"}]}],"datePublic":"2017-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"Integer overflow","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2021-06-09T14:06:17.000Z","orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","shortName":"redhat"},"references":[{"name":"[oss-security] 20170501 Integer Overflow in rxvt","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"],"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20170501 Re: Integer Overflow in rxvt","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"],"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18"},{"name":"[debian-lts-announce] 20210609 [SECURITY] [DLA 2683-1] rxvt security update","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"],"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html"}]}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","assignerShortName":"redhat","cveId":"CVE-2017-7483","datePublished":"2017-05-02T14:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-05T16:04:11.602Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2017-05-02 14:59:00","lastModifiedDate":"2025-04-20 01:37:25","problem_types":["CWE-125","Integer overflow"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV31":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.5,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","attackVector":"NETWORK","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":3.6}],"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P","baseScore":5,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"},"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":10,"impactScore":2.9,"acInsufInfo":true,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:rxvt_project:rxvt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"315683F4-D53F-42C7-8762-4C53D5A41D1F"}]}]},{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"DEECE5FC-CACF-4496-A3E7-164736409252"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2017","CveId":"7483","Ordinal":"1","Title":"CVE-2017-7483","CVE":"CVE-2017-7483","Year":"2017"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2017","CveId":"7483","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read.","Type":"Description","Title":"CVE-2017-7483"},{"CveYear":"2017","CveId":"7483","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2017-05-02","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2017","CveId":"7483","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2021-06-09","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}