Critical severity · published Nov 10, 2022
CVE-2022-45063
xterm before 375 allows code execution via font ops, e.g., because an OSC 50 response may have Ctrl-g and therefore lead to command execution within the vi line-editing mode of…
9.8
CVSS
5.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
xterm before 375 allows code execution via font ops, e.g., because an OSC 50 response may have Ctrl-g and therefore lead to command execution within the vi line-editing mode of Zsh. NOTE: font ops are not allowed in the xterm default configurations of some Linux distributions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.4% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36; 37 · source: NVD
XT
Xterm · Invisible-island
before 375 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45063
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45063
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1
Release Notes
https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/
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