CVE-2021-33477 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Eterm

CWE-755 — Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions4 documents4 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
9
EtermRxvt-unicode Project Rxvt-unicodeDebian Eterm+6 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateMay 24

Description

rxvt-unicode 9.22, rxvt 2.7.10, mrxvt 0.5.4, and Eterm 0.9.7 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ESC G Q). A response is terminated by a newline.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages8 packages

▶debiandebian/rxvt-unicode< eterm 0.9.6-6.1 (bookworm)
▶NVDrxvt_project/rxvt2.7.10

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0, Fedora 33, 34

Patches

Patch: cvs.schmorp.de ↗Patch: cvs.schmorp.de ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vm2c-wqqr-v3gc: rxvt-unicode 9↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-33477: rxvt-unicode 9↗2021-05-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2021-33477: eterm - rxvt-unicode 9.22, rxvt 2.7.10, mrxvt 0.5.4, and Eterm 0.9.7 allow (potentially ...↗2021
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