CVE catalog
CVE-2017-7467
minicom: CVE-2017-7467
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.70% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | minicom | sid | 2.11.1-2 | fixed |
| Debian | minicom | forky | 2.11.1-2 | fixed |
| Debian | minicom | trixie | 2.10-1 | fixed |
| Debian | minicom | bookworm | 2.8-2 | fixed |
| Opensuse | minicom | tumbleweed | 2.7.1-2.9 | fixed |
| Suse | minicom | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp1 | 2.7-3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | minicom | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp2 | 2.7-3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | minicom | linux enterprise server for raspberry pi 12 sp2 | 2.7-3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | minicom | linux enterprise server 12 sp1 | 2.7-3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | minicom | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp1 | 2.7-3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | minicom | linux enterprise server 12 sp2 | 2.7-3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | minicom | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp2 | 2.7-3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | minicom | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 2.3-27.24.6.2 | fixed |
| Suse | minicom | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 2.3-27.24.6.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | minicom | 14.04 | 2.6.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | minicom | 14.04 | 2.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | minicom | 14.04 | 2.7-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | minicom | 16.04 | 2.7-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | minicom | 16.04 | 2.7-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | minicom | 16.04 | 2.7-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | minicom | source | sid | 2.7-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [860940] |
| Debian | minicom | source | forky | 2.7-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [860940] |
| Debian | minicom | source | trixie | 2.7-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [860940] |
| Debian | minicom | source | bookworm | 2.7-1.1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [860940] |
| Opensuse | minicom | rpm | tumbleweed | 2.7.1-2.9 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11049-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | minicom | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp1 | 2.7-3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | minicom | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp2 | 2.7-3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | minicom | rpm | linux enterprise server for raspberry pi 12 sp2 | 2.7-3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | minicom | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp1 | 2.7-3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | minicom | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp1 | 2.7-3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | minicom | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp2 | 2.7-3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | minicom | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp2 | 2.7-3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | minicom | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 2.3-27.24.6.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1136-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | minicom | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 2.3-27.24.6.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2017:1136-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | minicom | deb | 14.04 | 2.7-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | minicom | deb | 16.04 | 2.7-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [minicom-lang]Unknown
Source package: [minicom]
Details (1)
2.11.1-2.3· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
2.7.1-2.9Version impact unknown
dsa · minicom · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [minicom]Fixed
Source package: [minicom]
Details (1)
2.11.1-2.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
2.7.1-2.9dsa · minicom · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [minicom]Fixed
Details (2)
2.8-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1.1dsa · minicom · debian · bookworm; dsa · minicom · debian · 12
2.8-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1.1dsa · minicom · debian · bookworm; dsa · minicom · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [minicom]Fixed
Details (2)
2.10-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1.1dsa · minicom · debian · 13
2.10-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.7-1.1dsa · minicom · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2017_1092-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7467]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-914-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1092-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:1136-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7467]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11049-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7467]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-7467.json]
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