PT-2018-8387 · Minicom+2 · Minicom+2

Alexander Peslyak · Published 2017-04-21 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-7467

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions minicom versions prior to 2.7.1

Description A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way minicom 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.

Recommendations For minicom versions prior to 2.7.1, update to version 2.7.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to minicom to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2141

CVE-2017-7467

DLA-914-1

MGASA-2017-0128

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11049-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1

SUSE-SU-2017:1136-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1092-1

SUSE-SU-2017_1136-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Minicom

References · 21

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7467 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7467 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-7467 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7467 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1136-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0128.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7467 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0128 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11049-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7467 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/97966 · Note