High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Jul 11, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7467
CVE-2017-7467
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.
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Affected products
10- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/minicom&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/minicom&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/minicom&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/minicom&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/minicom&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/minicom&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/minicom&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/minicom&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/minicom&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/minicom&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2
< 2.7.1-2.9+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.1-2.9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3-27.24.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.3-27.24.6.2
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7-3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97966nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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