CVE catalog

CVE-2008-1692

eterm: CVE-2008-1692

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Low
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.31% · Oct 25, 2026

Eterm 0.9.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if -display is not specified and the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: realistic attack scenarios require that the victim enters a command on the wrong machine.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianetermsid0.9.6-7.3fixed
Debianetermforky0.9.6-7.3fixed
Debianetermbookworm0.9.6-7fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianetermsourcesid0.9.4.0debian1-2.1unimportantNot reported[473127]
Debianetermsourceforky0.9.4.0debian1-2.1unimportantNot reported[473127]
Debianetermsourcebookworm0.9.4.0debian1-2.1unimportantNot reported[473127]

[Debian bug #473127]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [eterm]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 0.9.6-7 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.9.4.0debian1-2.1

      dsa · eterm · debian · bookworm; dsa · eterm · debian · 12

    • 0.9.6-7 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.9.4.0debian1-2.1

      dsa · eterm · debian · bookworm; dsa · eterm · debian · 12

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]