CVE-2017-7483
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 2, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:24 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxRxvtRxvt
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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