🛡️ CVE-2022-41138 on Debian — zutty

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

In Zutty before 0.13, DECRQSS in text written to the terminal can achieve arbitrary code execution.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-41138 as tracked by Debian, for the package zutty. The fix is available in version 0.13.0.20220910.112547+dfsg1-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41138 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41138 is recorded against 1 package.

  • zutty (fixed in 0.13.0.20220910.112547+dfsg1-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 20 September 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2022-41138 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-09-20
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
zutty — 0.13.0.20220910.112547+dfsg1-1

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