UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4170

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-4170
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2022/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4170.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-4170
Upstream
Published
2022-12-09T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:49:51Z
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
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.21-1build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

9.*

9.21-1
9.21-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode",
            "binary_version": "9.21-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode-256color",
            "binary_version": "9.21-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode-lite",
            "binary_version": "9.21-1build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode-ml",
            "binary_version": "9.21-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.22-3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

9.*

9.22-1build2
9.22-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "aterm",
            "binary_version": "9.22-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "aterm-ml",
            "binary_version": "9.22-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.10-7.1+urxvt9.22-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-ml",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.10-7.1+urxvt9.22-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode",
            "binary_version": "9.22-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode-256color",
            "binary_version": "9.22-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode-lite",
            "binary_version": "9.22-3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.22-6build3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

9.*

9.22-6build1
9.22-6build2
9.22-6build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "aterm",
            "binary_version": "9.22-6build3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "aterm-ml",
            "binary_version": "9.22-6build3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.10-7.1+urxvt9.22-6build3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-ml",
            "binary_version": "1:2.7.10-7.1+urxvt9.22-6build3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode",
            "binary_version": "9.22-6build3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode-256color",
            "binary_version": "9.22-6build3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode-lite",
            "binary_version": "9.22-6build3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.30-2build1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

9.*

9.22-11
9.26-2
9.30-1
9.30-2
9.30-2build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode",
            "binary_version": "9.30-2build1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.31-3build2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

9.*

9.31-1
9.31-2
9.31-3
9.31-3build1
9.31-3build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode",
            "binary_version": "9.31-3build2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / rxvt-unicode

Package

Name
rxvt-unicode
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rxvt-unicode@9.31-3build3?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

9.*

9.31-3build2
9.31-3build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "rxvt-unicode",
            "binary_version": "9.31-3build3"
        }
    ]
}