CVE catalog
CVE-2022-4170
rxvt-unicode: CVE-2022-4170
- Severity
- Critical · CVSS 9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.22% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
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 | rxvt-unicode | sid | 9.31-3.1 | fixed |
| Debian | rxvt-unicode | forky | 9.31-3.1 | fixed |
| Debian | rxvt-unicode | trixie | 9.31-3 | fixed |
| Debian | rxvt-unicode | bookworm | 9.30-2 | vulnerable |
| Suse | rxvt-unicode | package hub 15 sp4 | 9.31-bp155.3.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | rxvt-unicode | package hub 15 sp5 | 9.31-bp155.3.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | rxvt-unicode | leap 15.4 | 9.31-bp155.3.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | rxvt-unicode | leap 15.5 | 9.31-bp155.3.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | rxvt-unicode | tumbleweed | 9.31-1.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | rxvt-unicode | source | sid | 9.31-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1025489] |
| Debian | rxvt-unicode | source | forky | 9.31-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1025489] |
| Debian | rxvt-unicode | source | trixie | 9.31-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1025489] |
| Debian | rxvt-unicode | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | not yet assigned | Not reported | [1025489] |
| Suse | rxvt-unicode | rpm | package hub 15 sp4 | 9.31-bp155.3.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0306-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | rxvt-unicode | rpm | package hub 15 sp5 | 9.31-bp155.3.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0306-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | rxvt-unicode | rpm | leap 15.4 | 9.31-bp155.3.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0306-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | rxvt-unicode | rpm | leap 15.5 | 9.31-bp155.3.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2023:0306-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | rxvt-unicode | rpm | tumbleweed | 9.31-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13323-1 | Not reported |
Notes
[bookworm] rxvt-unicode: Minor issue, not exploitable due to a bug
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [rxvt-unicode]Affected
Source package: [rxvt-unicode]
Details (2)
9.30-2+b3· arm64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · rxvt-unicode · debian · bookworm
9.30-2+b4· amd64 · bookwormAffected
dsa · rxvt-unicode · debian · bookworm
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [rxvt-unicode]Fixed
Source package: [rxvt-unicode]
Details (1)
9.31-3.15· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
9.31-1.1dsa · rxvt-unicode · opensuse · tumbleweed
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2023_0306-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2023:0306-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13323-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-4170]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2022/cve-2022-4170.json]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]