9.8

CVE-2022-45063: fedoraproject fedora

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2022-0441SUSE-SU-2023:0173-1SUSE-SU-2023:0221-1
Published 10-11-2022Last modified 08-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45063 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 5.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.45%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 10-11-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.03 pp

From 5.42% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

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

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (news.ycombinator.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

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

Suse26 products
  • xterm&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 6< 330-150000.4.6.1
  • xterm&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7< 330-150200.11.9.1
  • xterm&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1< 330-150200.11.9.1
  • xterm&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS< 330-150000.4.6.1
  • xterm&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 330-150200.11.9.1
Redhat5 products
  • xterm< 0:366-10.el9_6
  • xterm-debuginfo< 0:366-10.el9_6
  • xterm-debugsource< 0:366-10.el9_6
  • xterm-resize< 0:366-10.el9_6
  • xterm-resize-debuginfo< 0:366-10.el9_6
Opensuse2 products
  • xterm&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.4< 330-150200.11.9.1
  • xterm&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 375-2.1
Debian1 product
  • xterm< 375-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Invisible-island1 product
Mageia1 product
  • xterm< 376-1.mga8
Ubuntu1 product
  • xtermAll versions (No fix recorded)

8 vendors · 38 products

References

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