🛡️ CVE-2022-24130
🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-120 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

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.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-120
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-01-31
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2024-11-21

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux
fedora
xterm 370

References

Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/2
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/3
Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/2
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/3

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