Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting Maximus5/ConEmu package, versions [,23.07.24)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MAXIMUS5CONEMU-5893010
  • published12 Sept 2023
  • disclosed12 Sept 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Sep 2023

CVE-2023-39150  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Maximus5/ConEmu to version 23.07.24 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution when the title responses are processed. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by injecting control characters.

Note:

This is only exploitable if the application does not sanitize title responses correctly for control characters. This issue is related to an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-46387

CVSS Base Scores

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