CVE-2014-3121
rxvt-unicode before 9.20 does not properly handle OSC escape sequences, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to manipulate arbitrary X window properties and execute arbitrary commands.
02 Description
rxvt-unicode before 9.20 does not properly handle OSC escape sequences, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to manipulate arbitrary X window properties and execute arbitrary commands.
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
- 4.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% 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 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2014-05-14 00:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-04-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5f5abaa3e8c04742855df050738f85c9caf523b6e7392f999430957b60831f43
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-5938https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133166.html
- dist.schmorp.dehttp://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Changes
- www.debian.orgDSA-2925http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2925
- www.securityfocus.com67155http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67155
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0838http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00026.html
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140430 CVE request: rxvt-unicode user-assisted arbitrary commands executionhttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/204
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0814http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00038.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-5939https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133195.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rxvt-unicode Fixed in 9.20-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rxvt-unicode Fixed in 9.20-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rxvt-unicode Fixed in 9.20-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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