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.
Published: 2021-05-20
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2671-1 rxvt-unicode security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2681-1 eterm security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2682-1 mrxvt security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2683-1 rxvt security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-20180 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.
References
Link Providers
http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/Changes?view=log cve-icon cve-icon
http://cvs.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/src/command.C?r1=1.582&r2=1.583 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.enlightenment.org/apps/eterm.git/log/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00026.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00011.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00012.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6RFMU5YXXNYYVA7G2DAHRXXHO6JKVFUT/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AO52OLNOOKOCZSJCN3R7Q25XA32BWNWP/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DUV4LDVZVW7KCGPAMFZD4ZJ4FVLPOX4C/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NZWGE2RJONBEHSPCBUAW72NTRTIFKZAX/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SLPVEPBH37EBR4R54RMC6GD33J37HJXD/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UXAKO6N6NKTR6Z6KVAPEXSZQMRU52SGA/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162621/rxvt-2.7.0-rxvt-unicode-9.22-Code-Execution.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-17 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-07 cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/materm/files/mrxvt%20source/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceforge.net/projects/rxvt/files/rxvt-dev/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/01/20 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/17/1 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Debian Debian Linux
Eterm Project Eterm
Fedoraproject Fedora
Mrxvt Project Mrxvt
Rxvt-unicode Project Rxvt-unicode
Rxvt Project Rxvt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:50:42.963Z

Reserved: 2021-05-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-33477

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-20T20:15:07.397

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:08:54.250

Link: CVE-2021-33477

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