CVE catalog

CVE-2008-2383

xterm: CVE-2008-2383

Severity: High
Published: Jan 2, 2009, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 4.93% · Oct 25, 2026

CRLF injection vulnerability in xterm allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary commands via LF (aka \n) characters surrounding a command name within a Device Control Request Status String (DECRQSS) escape sequence in a text file, a related issue to CVE-2003-0063 and CVE-2003-0071.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	xterm	sid	`412-1`	fixed
Debian	xterm	forky	`412-1`	fixed
Debian	xterm	trixie	`398-1`	fixed
Debian	xterm	bookworm	`379-1`	fixed
Opensuse	xterm	tumbleweed	`368-2.2`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	xterm	source	sid	`238-2`	medium	Not reported	[510030]
Debian	xterm	source	forky	`238-2`	medium	Not reported	[510030]
Debian	xterm	source	trixie	`238-2`	medium	Not reported	[510030]
Debian	xterm	source	bookworm	`238-2`	medium	Not reported	[510030]
Opensuse	xterm	rpm	tumbleweed	`368-2.2`	Not reported	OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11527-1	Not reported

[Debian bug #510030]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

[xterm-bin]Unknown
Source package: [xterm]
Details (1)
- 410-1.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 368-2.2
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · xterm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[xterm-resize]Unknown
Source package: [xterm]
Details (1)
- 410-1.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Unknown · Fixed: 368-2.2
  Version impact unknown
  dsa · xterm · opensuse · tumbleweed
[xterm]Fixed
Source package: [xterm]
Details (1)
- 410-1.3 · x86_64 · tumbleweed
  Fixed · Fixed: 368-2.2
  dsa · xterm · opensuse · tumbleweed

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[xterm]Fixed
Details (2)
- 379-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 238-2
  dsa · xterm · debian · bookworm; dsa · xterm · debian · 12
- 379-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 238-2
  dsa · xterm · debian · bookworm; dsa · xterm · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[xterm]Fixed
Details (2)
- 398-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 238-2
  dsa · xterm · debian · 13
- 398-1 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 238-2
  dsa · xterm · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:10 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]