9.3

CVE-2008-2383: invisible-island xterm Improper Control of Generation of Code

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2009:0018RHSA-2009:0019DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2383
Published 02-01-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-2383 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability in invisible-island xterm. EPSS estimates a 4.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 9.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.93%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DTSA-182-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11527-1

Timeline

  1. 02-01-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.93%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.93% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat3 products
  • hanterm-xf< 1:2.0.5-5.AS21.2
  • xterm< 0:179-11.EL3 | < 0:192-8.el4_7.2 | < 0:215-5.el5_2.2
  • xterm-debuginfo< 0:179-11.EL3 | < 0:192-8.el4_7.2 | < 0:215-5.el5_2.2
Debian1 product
  • xterm< 222-1etch3 | < 238-2
Invisible-island1 product

3 vendors · 5 products

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