CVE-2021-28848 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Mintty versions prior to 3.4.5. Remote servers can exploit this by rapidly changing the terminal window title, causing the Windows GUI to hang due to excessive SetWindowTextA/W calls. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity leading to high availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including an article from BleepingComputer.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mintty_project:mintty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.