CVE-2021-33477

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-33477
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-20 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:35:00 UTC
Descriptionrxvt-unicode 9.22, rxvt 2.7.10, mrxvt 0.5.4, and Eterm 0.9.7 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ESC G Q). A response is terminated by a newline.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-755

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Eterm Project Eterm 0.9.7 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Mrxvt Project Mrxvt 0.5.4 All All All
Application Rxvt-unicode Project Rxvt-unicode 9.22 All All All
Application Rxvt Project Rxvt 2.7.10 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2683-1] rxvt security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Mrxvt: Arbitrary Code Execution (GLSA 202209-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
rxvt 2.7.0 / rxvt-unicode 9.22 Code Execution ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
oss-security - rxvt terminal (+bash) remoteish code execution 0day MISC www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mrxvt-0.5.3-31.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mrxvt-0.5.3-31.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: eterm-0.9.6-26.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2681-1] eterm security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: eterm-0.9.6-26.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: eterm-0.9.6-26.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: rxvt-unicode-9.26-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2671-1] rxvt-unicode security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: rxvt-unicode-9.26-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2682-1] mrxvt security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: rxvt-unicode-9.26-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
rxvt - Browse /rxvt-dev at SourceForge.net MISC sourceforge.net
oss-security - Re: terminal emulators' processing of escape sequences MISC www.openwall.com
apps/eterm.git - A color vt102 terminal emulator intended as a replacement for xterm MISC git.enlightenment.org
rxvt-unicode: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code (GLSA 202105-17) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
mrxvt - Browse /mrxvt source at SourceForge.net MISC sourceforge.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: eterm-0.9.6-26.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[cvs] Diff of /rxvt-unicode/src/command.C MISC cvs.schmorp.de
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mrxvt-0.5.3-31.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: rxvt-unicode-9.26-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: mrxvt-0.5.3-31.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[cvs] Log of /rxvt-unicode/Changes MISC cvs.schmorp.de
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178610 Debian Security Update for rxvt-unicode (DLA 2671-1)
  • 178666 Debian Security Update for eterm (DLA 2681-1)
  • 178667 Debian Security Update for mrxvt (DLA 2682-1)
  • 178668 Debian Security Update for rxvt (DLA 2683-1)
  • 179820 Debian Security Update for rxvt-unicodeeterm (CVE-2021-33477)
  • 281108 Fedora Security Update for eterm (FEDORA-2021-c883ca2a37)
  • 281109 Fedora Security Update for eterm (FEDORA-2021-8b85b2de05)
  • 281116 Fedora Security Update for rxvt (FEDORA-2021-a4c0a91884)
  • 281117 Fedora Security Update for rxvt (FEDORA-2021-5b96f0f5db)
  • 281766 Fedora Security Update for mrxvt (FEDORA-2021-71556a5722)
  • 281767 Fedora Security Update for mrxvt (FEDORA-2021-0d3268fc35)
  • 501628 Alpine Linux Security Update for mrxvt
  • 501686 Alpine Linux Security Update for rxvt-unicode
  • 501923 Alpine Linux Security Update for rxvt-unicode
  • 710099 Gentoo Linux rxvt-unicode User-assisted execution of arbitrary code vulnerability (GLSA 202105-17)

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