CVE-2008-2383

CriticalCVSS 9.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 9.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 2, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-2383: Critical severity, CVSS 9.3 | Vulnix