Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-40359

Title: Invisible-Island Xterm

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-40359.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Aug 14, 2023

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.73%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-40359: xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor underscore), aka a pointer/overflow issue. This can only occur for xterm installations that are configured at compile time to use a certain experimental feature.

Impacted Vendors

x.org 1

xterm 1

invisible-island 1

Reference Links

https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_380 https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_380

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-2023-40359 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 14, 2023 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.