{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467","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.","modified":"2025-07-18T16:43:56Z","published":"2018-07-11T13:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-7467"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7467"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/18/5"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7467"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"minicom","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/minicom@2.7-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.6.2-1","2.7-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"minicom","binary_version":"2.7-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467.json"}},{"package":{"name":"minicom","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/minicom@2.7-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.7-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["2.7-1","2.7-1build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"minicom","binary_version":"2.7-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}