CVE-2023-40359

Published Aug 14, 2023

Last updated a year ago

CVSS critical 9.8

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 9.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: CRITICAL

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:invisible-island:xterm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "0271A95F-708C-48C0-A128-992D8AFD8D5C",
            "versionEndExcluding": "380"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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