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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15 | Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
Information
Published : 2017-05-02 07:59
Updated : 2023-02-01 09:40
NVD link : CVE-2017-7483
Mitre link : CVE-2017-7483
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CWE
CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
rxvt_project
- rxvt