CVE-2001-0570: Minicom

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

minicom 1.83.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via numerous format string attacks.

Affected products

• Minicom Minicom: up to and including 1.83.1

Published 2001-08-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.