Vulnerability in Aterm

CVE-2008-1142

rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: it was later reported that rxvt-unicode, mrxvt, aterm, multi-aterm, and wterm are also…

EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Aterm — versions 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.2.0
  • Eterm — versions 0.9.2
  • Mrxvt — versions 0.4.2
  • Multi-aterm — versions 0.0.1, 0.0.3, 0.0.4
  • Rxvt — versions 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3
  • Rxvt-unicode — versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
  • Wterm — versions 6.2.5, 6.2.6
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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