CVE-2003-0022 Affecting rxvt package, versions <1:2.6.4-6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.38% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-RXVT-264721
  • published3 Mar 2003
  • disclosed3 Mar 2003

Introduced: 3 Mar 2003

CVE-2003-0022  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 rxvt to version 1:2.6.4-6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rxvt package and not the rxvt package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a certain character escape sequence when it is echoed to a user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1