CVE-2017-7467 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97966 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7467 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8