DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20167
- Source
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20167
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20167.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20167
- Upstream
- Published
- 2018-12-17T05:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-30T03:54:24Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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Terminology before 1.3.1 allows Remote Code Execution because popmedia is mishandled, as demonstrated by an unsafe "cat README.md" command when \e}pn is used. A popmedia control sequence can allow the malicious execution of executable file formats registered in the X desktop share MIME types (/usr/share/applications). The control sequence defers unknown file types to the handleunknownmedia() function, which executes xdg-open against the filename specified in the sequence. The use of xdg-open for all unknown file types allows executable file formats with a registered shared MIME type to be executed. An attacker can achieve remote code execution by introducing an executable file and a plain text file containing the control sequence through a fake software project (e.g., in Git or a tarball). When the control sequence is rendered (such as with cat), the executable file will be run.
- References
Affected packages
Debian:11 / terminology
Package
- Name
- terminology
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/terminology?arch=source
Debian:12 / terminology
Package
- Name
- terminology
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/terminology?arch=source
Debian:13 / terminology
Package
- Name
- terminology
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/terminology?arch=source
Debian:14 / terminology
Package
- Name
- terminology
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/terminology?arch=source