Description
xterm through Patch 370, when Sixel support is enabled, allows attackers to trigger a buffer overflow in set_sixel in graphics_sixel.c via crafted text.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://twitter.com/nickblack/status/1487731459398025216
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/2
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/3
Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00007.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BP5Y4O7WBNLV24D22E6LE7RQFYOUVD2U/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4CWYYEBT6AJRJBBQU2KLUOQDHRM7WAV/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-22
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0039
EPSS Percentile
60.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
9.0
fedoraproject/fedora
34
fedoraproject/fedora
35
invisible-island/xterm
< 370
Published
Jan 31, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026