CVE-2022-4170
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.4%
Description
The rxvt-unicode package is vulnerable to a remote code execution, in the Perl background extension, when an attacker can control the data written to the user's terminal and certain options are set.
How to fix CVE-2022-4170
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/rxvt-unicode—no fix listed
Is CVE-2022-4170 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |