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CVE-2022-24130 json

xterm through Patch 370, when Sixel support is enabled, allows attackers to trigger a buffer overflow in set_sixel in graphics_sixel.c via…

published 2022-01-31 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-29041

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

xterm through Patch 370, when Sixel support is enabled, allows attackers to trigger a buffer overflow in set_sixel in graphics_sixel.c via crafted text.

Patch / fix

  • xterm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 370-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24130

  • xterm RHEL 9 366-12.el9_6
  • xterm-resize RHEL 9 366-12.el9_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:14075

  • xterm SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 330-150200.11.6.1
  • xterm SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 308-5.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3953-1SUSE-SU-2022:3952-1

  • mlterm openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.9.2-3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12733-1

  • xterm AlmaLinux 9 366-12.el9_6
  • xterm-resize AlmaLinux 9 366-12.el9_6

almalinux advisories ALSA-2025:14075

  • xterm Rocky Linux 9 366-12.el9_6

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2025:14075

  • xterm Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +7 more 371-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-24130

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • xterm CBL-Mariner 2.0 372-1

azure linux advisories AZL-8456

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-24130 updated cvss 5.5

xterm: Buffer overflow in set_sixel in graphics_sixel.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) xterm 366-12.el9_6, xterm-resize 366-12.el9_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:14075
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Kubernetes 2 xterm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 xterm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 xterm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 xterm, xterm-resize
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • twitter.com https://twitter.com/nickblack/status/1487731459398025216 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openwall.com https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/01/30/3 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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