CVE-2022-4170

The rxvt-unicode package is vulnerable to a remote code execution, in the Perl background extension, when an attacker can control the data written to the user's terminal and certain options are set.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151597	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-20	Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/05/1	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:rxvt-unicode_project:rxvt-unicode:9.25:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:rxvt-unicode_project:rxvt-unicode:9.26:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-09 18:15

Updated : 2023-11-14 19:22

NVD link : CVE-2022-4170

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4170

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4170

JSON object : View

Products Affected

rxvt-unicode_project

rxvt-unicode

fedoraproject

extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux
fedora

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-74

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

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