Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 9, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-4170
CVE-2022-4170
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.
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Affected products
11- cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt-unicode_project:rxvt-unicode:9.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:rxvt-unicode_project:rxvt-unicode:9.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:rxvt-unicode_project:rxvt-unicode:9.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/rxvt-unicode&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/rxvt-unicode&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/rxvt-unicode&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/rxvt-unicode&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rxvt-unicode&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP5
< 9.31-bp155.3.3.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 9.31-bp155.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.31-bp155.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.31-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.31-bp155.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.31-bp155.3.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-20nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/12/05/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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