CVE-2008-2383
CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String
02 Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-01-02 00:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-05-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5ceadfafc69cda670ce3deab0fdddb816fca4b53e0d78039eaac2715f09fd2f1
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com33419http://secunia.com/advisories/33419
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0018http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html
- sunsolve.sun.com254208http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-0154https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0019http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html
- secunia.com33388http://secunia.com/advisories/33388
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:003http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2009-0059https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9317https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317
- secunia.com35074http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- secunia.com33418http://secunia.com/advisories/33418
- www.debian.orgDSA-1694http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-05-12http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- secunia.com33318http://secunia.com/advisories/33318
- secunia.com33568http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxterm-decrqss-code-execution(47655)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655
- www.us-cert.govTA09-133Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- secunia.com33397http://secunia.com/advisories/33397
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1297http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- www.securityfocus.com33060http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-703-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
- secunia.com33820http://secunia.com/advisories/33820
- www.securitytracker.com1021522http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-a004ecb3f8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2023-3746647cc3https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xterm Fixed in 238-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xterm Fixed in 238-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xterm Fixed in 238-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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