Description
xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor underscore), aka a pointer/overflow issue. This can only occur for xterm installations that are configured at compile time to use a certain experimental feature.
Published: 2023-08-14
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-44930 xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor underscore), aka a pointer/overflow issue. This can only occur for xterm installations that are configured at compile time to use a certain experimental feature.
History

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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Invisible-island Xterm
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-10-09T14:50:22.239Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-40359

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.617Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-14T17:15:10.617

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:19:17.800

Link: CVE-2023-40359

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2023-08-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-40359 - Bugzilla

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