VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-28848

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability1.64%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-06-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

Mintty before 3.4.5 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (Windows GUI hang) by telling the Mintty window to change its title repeatedly at high speed, which results in many SetWindowTextA or SetWindowTextW calls. In other words, it does not implement a usleep or similar delay upon processing a title change.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770

Primary references