CVE-2017-7483

HIGH

7.5

Description

Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to a segfault due to an out of bounds read.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published5/2/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxrxvt_project:rxvt

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18(secalert@redhat.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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