CVE-2017-7467 Memory corruption in minicom
A buffer overflow in minicom allows malicious terminal devices to crash the application or execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-7467?
CVE-2017-7467 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in [UNKNOWN] minicom, published on 11 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7467?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (10)
minicom SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 | All versions | 2.7-3.1 |
minicom SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 | All versions | 2.7-3.1 |
minicom SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 | All versions | 2.3-27.24.6.2 |
minicom SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 | All versions | 2.7-3.1 |
minicom SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 | All versions | 2.7-3.1 |
minicom SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 | All versions | 2.7-3.1 |
minicom SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 | All versions | 2.3-27.24.6.2 |
minicom SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 | All versions | 2.7-3.1 |
minicom SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 | All versions | 2.7-3.1 |
minicom openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 2.7.1-2.9 |
Products include Minicom Project Minicom.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7467?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-7467 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7467 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7467, DLA-914-1, GHSA-526f-cp8m-4xjp, MGASA-2017-0128, SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1, SUSE-SU-2017:1136-1 and 2 more.