Home > Vulnerability Database > CVE-2022-45063

Mend.io Vulnerability Database

CVE-2022-45063

Date: November 9, 2022

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (18)

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-09

Url: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5

Url: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33546415

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVD3I2ZFXGOY6BA2FNS7WPFMPFBDHFWC/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVD3I2ZFXGOY6BA2FNS7WPFMPFBDHFWC/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45063

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5T2JI5JCHPTXX2KJU45H2XAHQSFVEJ2Y/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45063

Url: https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-45063

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5T2JI5JCHPTXX2KJU45H2XAHQSFVEJ2Y/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-45063

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CWE-77

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

Mend.io Vulnerability Database

We found results for “”

CVE-2022-45063

Date: November 9, 2022

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (18)

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

Do you need more information?