VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-7467

CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability2.70%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-07-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references