UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7467

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467

Upstream

CVE-2017-7467

Published

2018-07-11T13:29:00Z

Modified

2025-07-18T16:43:56Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / minicom

Package

Name: minicom
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/minicom@2.7-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.7-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.2-1

2.7-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "minicom",
            "binary_version": "2.7-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / minicom