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Unscored severity · published Jan 2, 2009
CVE-2008-2383
CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control…
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CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XT
Xterm · Invisible-island
_nil_ · source: NVD
Affected product
XT
Xterm
Invisible-island
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2383
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2383
bugs.debian.org
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
lists.apple.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33318
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/33388
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