critical
CVE-2022-45063
xterm: code execution via OSC 50 input sequences
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
Red Hat7.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, CBL-Mariner. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), AlmaLinux (low), Oracle (low), Rocky Linux (low).
Description
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.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | xterm | 0:380-1.cm2 |
| alma 9 | xterm, xterm-resize | 366-10.el9_6 |
| debian 10 | xterm | no fix listed |
| debian 11 | xterm | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | xterm | 375-1 |
| debian 13 | xterm | 375-1 |
| debian 14 | xterm | 375-1 |
| echo | xterm | 375-1 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | xterm, xterm-resize | 366-10.el9_6 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | xterm, xterm-resize | 0:366-10.el9_6 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 20.04 | xterm | 0:375-1ubuntu1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 22.04 | xterm | 0:375-1ubuntu1 |
Show all 20 entries from 15 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| CBL-Mariner 2.0 | xterm | 0:380-1.cm2 |
| alma 9 | xterm | 366-10.el9_6 |
| alma 9 | xterm-resize | 366-10.el9_6 |
| debian 10 | xterm | no fix listed |
| debian 11 | xterm | no fix listed |
| debian 12 | xterm | 375-1 |
| debian 13 | xterm | 375-1 |
| debian 14 | xterm | 375-1 |
| echo | xterm | 375-1 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | xterm | 366-10.el9_6 |
| Oracle Linux 9 | xterm-resize | 366-10.el9_6 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | xterm | 0:366-10.el9_6 |
| rapidfort Oracle Linux 9 | xterm-resize | 0:366-10.el9_6 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 20.04 | xterm | 0:375-1ubuntu1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 22.04 | xterm | 0:375-1ubuntu1 |
| rapidfort ubuntu 24.04 | xterm | 0:375-1ubuntu1 |
| Red Hat | xterm | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | xterm-resize | no fix listed |
| rocky 9 | xterm | 366-10.el9_6 |
| rocky 9 | xterm-resize | 366-10.el9_6 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/5
- 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:7427
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-45063
All 25 references
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2142474
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2142474
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-45063
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-7427.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:7427
- https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2022-45063.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-7427.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4TPVNTYFFWNTGZJJQAA4MGGFSTXA4XEA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5T2JI5JCHPTXX2KJU45H2XAHQSFVEJ2Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/IVD3I2ZFXGOY6BA2FNS7WPFMPFBDHFWC/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33546415
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45063
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-09
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45063
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/11/10/1