CVE-2008-2383
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2378)
- Published
- January 2, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2378 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- invisible-island / xterm
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33318(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33388
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33397
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33418
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33419
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33568
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33820
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-254208-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1694
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0018.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0019.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33060
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021522
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47655
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3E2Q6NPKT7V4VKZMSFF4ARLRVYOG4AU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VOOVZTIABA4MIFUGTAVYWO6QXSUXSST4/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9317
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/703-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00072.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00184.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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