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CVE-2014-3121
rxvt-unicode before 9.20 does not properly handle OSC escape sequences, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to manipulate…
High7.6EPSS 4.1%
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- mitre
Description
rxvt-unicode before 9.20 does not properly handle OSC escape sequences, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to manipulate arbitrary X window properties and execute arbitrary commands.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- FEDORA-2014-5938 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Changes (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2925 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 67155 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0838 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140430 CVE request: rxvt-unicode user-assisted arbitrary commands execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0814 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-5939 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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