CVE-2014-3121

rxvt-unicode < 9.19 - Remote Code Execution via OSC Escape Sequence Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133166.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2925
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67155
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/204
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00038.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133195.html
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Changes

Scores

EPSS 0.0410
EPSS Percentile 89.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (17)
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.0
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.01
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.02
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.05
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.06
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.07
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.08
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.09
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.10
marc_lehmann/rxvt-unicode 9.11
... and 7 more
Published May 14, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026