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CVE-2017-7483 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15 CVEExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/18 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html [email protected]Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/15 [email protected]ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
rxvt project rxvt
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:rxvt_project:rxvt:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7483
NVD Published Date:
May 2, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-7483 Details - Not Deferred