High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 3, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-28848
CVE-2021-28848
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.
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Affected products
2- Mintty/Minttydescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/mintty/mintty/commit/bd52109993440b6996760aaccb66e68e782762b9nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/mintty/mintty/compare/3.4.4...3.4.5nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- mintty.github.ionvdVendor Advisory
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