Rxvt vulnerabilities

6 vulnerabilities

Known vulnerabilities in Rxvt, newest first, with CVSS severity, EPSS, KEV listings, ransomware use and the affected versions.

5CVE-2003-0023rxvtrxvt
EPSS score
1.71%
The menuBar feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to modify menu options and execute arbitrary commands via a certain character escape sequence that inserts the commands into the menu.
5CVE-2003-0022rxvtrxvt
EPSS score
1.38%
The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a certain character escape sequence when it is echoed to a user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence.
7.5CVE-2003-0066rxvtrxvt
EPSS score
2.05%
The rxvt terminal emulator 2.7.8 and earlier allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
4.6CVE-2001-1077rxvtrxvt
EPSS score
1.06%
Buffer overflow in tt_printf function of rxvt 2.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -T or (2) -name argument.
3.7CVE-2008-1142atermaterm+6
EPSS score
0.36%
rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also affected. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.
5CVE-2000-0476michael_jenningseterm+3
EPSS score
2.53%
xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized.