UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4170

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4170
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4170.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4170
Related
Published
2022-12-09T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-04-23T14:59:56Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.21-1build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.21-1
9.21-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.22-3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.22-1build2
9.22-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.22-6build3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.22-6build1
9.22-6build2
9.22-6build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.30-2build1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.22-11
9.26-2
9.30-1
9.30-2
9.30-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.31-3build2?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.31-3build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.31-3build2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.31-1
9.31-2
9.31-3
9.31-3build1
9.31-3build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.31-3build3?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.31-3build2
9.31-3build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}