DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40359

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-40359
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40359.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40359
Upstream
Published
2023-08-14T17:15:10Z
Modified
2026-09-15T09:02:19Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor underscore), aka a pointer/overflow issue. This can only occur for xterm installations that are configured at compile time to use a certain experimental feature.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / xterm

Package

Name
xterm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xterm?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other
379-1
380-1
381-1
382-1
382-2
383-1
384-1
385-1
386-1
387-1
388-1
389-1
390-1
391-1
392-1
393-1
394-1
395-1
396-1
397-1
398-1
399-1
401-1
402-1
403-1
404-1
405-1
406-1
407-1
409-1
410-1
411-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40359.json"

Debian:13 / xterm

Package

Name
xterm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xterm?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
382-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40359.json"

Debian:14 / xterm

Package

Name
xterm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/xterm?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
382-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40359.json"