CVE-2017-7467

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.0

Exploit probability—

ProductMinicom

PublishedJul 11, 2018

First seenJul 11, 2018

Weakness typeCWE-787Out-of-bounds write

How to fix

Update

minicom_project minicom2.7.1 or later

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
minicom_project minicom	v < 2.7.1	2.7.1

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