Medium severity · published Jan 31, 2022
CVE-2022-24130
xterm through Patch 370, when Sixel support is enabled, allows attackers to trigger a buffer overflow in set_sixel in graphics_sixel.c via crafted text
5.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
xterm through Patch 370, when Sixel support is enabled, allows attackers to trigger a buffer overflow in set_sixel in graphics_sixel.c via crafted text.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35 · source: NVD
XT
Xterm · Invisible-island
through 370 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24130
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24130
Patch
https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00007.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BP5Y4O7WBNLV24D22E6LE7RQFYOUVD2U/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4CWYYEBT6AJRJBBQU2KLUOQDHRM7WAV/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-22
Exploit
https://twitter.com/nickblack/status/1487731459398025216
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