ubuntu-cve-2022-45063
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-11-10 16:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:53
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "xterm",
            "binary_version": "322-1ubuntu1.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "xterm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xterm@322-1ubuntu1.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "318-2ubuntu1",
        "318-2ubuntu2",
        "322-1ubuntu1",
        "322-1ubuntu1.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "xterm",
            "binary_version": "330-1ubuntu2.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "xterm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xterm@330-1ubuntu2.2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "324-2ubuntu1",
        "330-1ubuntu1",
        "330-1ubuntu2",
        "330-1ubuntu2.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "xterm",
            "binary_version": "353-1ubuntu1.20.04.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "xterm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xterm@353-1ubuntu1.20.04.2?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "348-2ubuntu1",
        "353-1ubuntu1",
        "353-1ubuntu1.20.04.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "xterm",
            "binary_version": "372-1ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "xterm",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xterm@372-1ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "366-1ubuntu1",
        "369-1ubuntu1",
        "370-1ubuntu1",
        "370-2ubuntu1",
        "371-1ubuntu1",
        "372-1ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-45063",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:53:59Z",
  "published": "2022-11-10T16:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-45063"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33546415"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45063"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-45063"
  ]
}



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