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 Zsh. NOTE: font ops are not allowed in the xterm default configurations of some Linux distributions.

Published: Nov 10, 2022
Updated: Apr 14, 2023
CVE: CVE-2022-45063
Severity: Critical
Exploit:

CVSS v3:

Severity: Critical
Score: 9.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWEs:

CWE-77

OWASP TOP 10:

A1 - Injection

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
invisible-island / xterm	-	375
fedoraproject / fedora	35	35.x
fedoraproject / fedora	36	36.x
fedoraproject / fedora	37	37.x

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1
https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/5T2JI5JCHPTXX2KJU45H2XAHQSFVEJ2Y/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/IVD3I2ZFXGOY6BA2FNS7WPFMPFBDHFWC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5T2JI5JCHPTXX2KJU45H2XAHQSFVEJ2Y/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVD3I2ZFXGOY6BA2FNS7WPFMPFBDHFWC/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33546415
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-09
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1

Vulnerability Database

289,599

CVE-2022-45063