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Paper/Archive/CVE-2023-40359

CVE-2023-40359

mitre — xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor…

EPSS 0.9%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
41
CVSS 9.8 (NVD)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 58.4.584 × 2011.7No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor underscore), aka a pointer/overflow issue. This can only occur for xterm installations that are configured at compile time to use a certain experimental feature.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
n/an/a–CNA

Scores by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refinvisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_380