CVE-2022-41138 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Zutty before 0.13, DECRQSS in text written to the terminal can achieve arbitrary code execution.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00533.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Zutty Project Subscribe	Zutty Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-44379	In Zutty before 0.13, DECRQSS in text written to the terminal can achieve arbitrary code execution.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.gentoo.org/868495
https://github.com/tomszilagyi/zutty/commit/bde7458c60a7bafe08bbeaafbf861eb865edfa38
https://github.com/tomszilagyi/zutty/compare/0.12...0.13
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-25

History

Thu, 29 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-94
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-20T17:01:10.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-29T13:33:48.574Z

Reserved: 2022-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41138

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:35:49.333Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-20T18:15:10.690

Modified: 2025-05-29T14:15:30.140

Link: CVE-2022-41138

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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