What is CVE-2023-40359?

CVE-2023-40359 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Invisible-island Xterm. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-40359?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Invisible-island Xterm

CVE-2023-40359

xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor underscore), aka a pointer/overflow issue. This can only occur for xterm installations that are confi…

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Invisible-island Xterm
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40359?: CVE-2023-40359 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Invisible-island Xterm. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-40359?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.