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CVE-2022-4170

Published: Dec 09, 2022 | Modified: Nov 14, 2023
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4170
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 users terminal and certain options are set.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Rxvt-unicode Rxvt-unicode_project 9.25 (including) 9.25 (including)
Rxvt-unicode Rxvt-unicode_project 9.26 (including) 9.26 (including)
Rxvt-unicode Ubuntu bionic *
Rxvt-unicode Ubuntu kinetic *
Rxvt-unicode Ubuntu lunar *
Rxvt-unicode Ubuntu mantic *
Rxvt-unicode Ubuntu trusty *
Rxvt-unicode Ubuntu xenial *

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