VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-45063

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability5.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-11-10
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-77

Primary references