CVE-2014-3121 (GCVE-0-2014-3121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-05-14 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:35
VLAI
Summary
rxvt-unicode before 9.20 does not properly handle OSC escape sequences, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to manipulate arbitrary X window properties and execute arbitrary commands.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2251 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Changes x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2925 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67155 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/204 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2014-04-26 00:00
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