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CVE-2008-2383
CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding…
High9.3EPSS 4.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (28)
- 33419 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 254208 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-0154 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 33388 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-0059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9317 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_transferred
- 35074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- 33418 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- DSA-1694 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 33318 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- 33568 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- xterm-decrqss-code-execution(47655) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- TA09-133A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- 33397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- 33060 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- USN-703-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 33820 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- 1021522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-a004ecb3f8 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-3746647cc3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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