CVE-2008-2383

xterm - Command Injection via DECRQSS Escape Sequence

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.

References (28)

Core 28
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33419
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33388
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33418
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33318
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33397
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33820
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522

Scores

EPSS 0.0497
EPSS Percentile 91.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (1)
invisible-island/xterm _nil_
Published Jan 02, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026