Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-45063

RCE

Title: Invisible-Island Xterm RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-45063.

CWE Category CWE-77
Published Date Nov 10, 2022
Modified Date Apr 08, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.95%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-45063: xterm before 375 allows code execution via font ops, e.g., because an OSC 50 response may have Ctrl-g and therefore lead to command execution within the vi line-editing mode of Zsh. NOTE: font ops are not allowed in the xterm default configurations of some Linux distributions.

Impacted Vendors

X
x.org 1
X
xterm 1
I
invisible-island 1

Reference Links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1 https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5T2JI5JCHPTXX2KJU45H2XAHQSFVEJ2Y/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVD3I2ZFXGOY6BA2FNS7WPFMPFBDHFWC/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33546415 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-09 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1 https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5T2JI5JCHPTXX2KJU45H2XAHQSFVEJ2Y/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVD3I2ZFXGOY6BA2FNS7WPFMPFBDHFWC/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33546415 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-09 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-45063 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.