CVE-2022-45063

xterm before 375 allows code execution via font ops, e.g., because an OSC 50 response may have Ctrl-g and therefore lead to command execution within the vi line-editing mode of Zsh. NOTE: font ops are not allowed in the xterm default configurations of some Linux distributions.

• CWE-77

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1
• https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5T2JI5JCHPTXX2KJU45H2XAHQSFVEJ2Y/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVD3I2ZFXGOY6BA2FNS7WPFMPFBDHFWC/
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33546415Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-09Third Party Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/15/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/17/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/08/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/08/10
• https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5T2JI5JCHPTXX2KJU45H2XAHQSFVEJ2Y/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVD3I2ZFXGOY6BA2FNS7WPFMPFBDHFWC/
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33546415Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-09Third Party Advisory
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 10, 2022

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified