CVE-2022-45063
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 5.4%
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 v3.1 NVD
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 5.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 93rd percentile
- Published
- 2022-11-10
- Updated
- 2026-04-08
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- dgl/houdini-kubectl-poc9★ · 2023-03-14
Security advisories
- https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5
- 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