VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-40359

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-08-14
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 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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references