CVE-2022-4170

moderate-risk
Published 2022-12-09

The rxvt-unicode package is vulnerable to a remote code execution, in the Perl background extension, when an attacker can control the data written to the user's terminal and certain options are set.

Do I need to act?

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3.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Rxvt-Unicode
Rxvt-Unicode

Affected Vendors

Fedoraproject Rxvt-Unicode Project

References (6)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151597
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-20
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/05/1
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2151597
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-20
Mailing List https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/05/1
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 10/34 · Low