Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-2383

RCE

Title: Invisible-Island Xterm RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-2383.

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Jan 02, 2009

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

4.97%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-2383: 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.

Impacted Vendors

invisible-island 1

x.org 1

xterm 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33318 http://secunia.com/advisories/33388 http://secunia.com/advisories/33397 http://secunia.com/advisories/33418 http://secunia.com/advisories/33419 http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 http://secunia.com/advisories/33820 http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/ https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317 https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html http://secunia.com/advisories/33318 http://secunia.com/advisories/33388 http://secunia.com/advisories/33397 http://secunia.com/advisories/33418 http://secunia.com/advisories/33419 http://secunia.com/advisories/33568 http://secunia.com/advisories/33820 http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/ https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317 https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-2383 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 02, 2009 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.