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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2022-4170

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CVE-2022-4170

The rxvt-unicode package is vulnerable to a remote code execution, in ...

Published Modified CWE 74
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD.

Description

The rxvt-unicode package is vulnerable to a remote code execution, in the Perl background extension, when an attacker can control the data written to the user's terminal and certain options are set.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.18rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.19rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.20rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.21rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.22rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.23rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.24rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine edgerxvt-unicode9.31-r0
debian 12rxvt-unicodeno fix listed
debian 13rxvt-unicode9.31-1
debian 14rxvt-unicode9.31-1
echorxvt-unicode9.31-1
Show all 14 entries from 14 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.18rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.19rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.20rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.21rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.22rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.23rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine 3.24rxvt-unicode9.31-r0
alpine edgerxvt-unicode9.31-r0
debian 12rxvt-unicodeno fix listed
debian 13rxvt-unicode9.31-1
debian 14rxvt-unicode9.31-1
echorxvt-unicode9.31-1
rapidfort debian 12rxvt-unicode0:9.31-1
rapidfort debian 13rxvt-unicode0:9.31-1

References

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