Rxvt
Vendor:
First CVE: Jan 2, 1996 · Active for 30 years
9
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 49% of tracked products
1.3
Avg CVEs / Year
Bottom 1%
6.0
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 72% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Rxvt over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Jan 2, 1996
30 years ago
Most Recent CVE
May 20, 2021
1,891 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Rxvt9 CVEs
11%
44%
44%
All CVEs352,101 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network2 (22.2%)
Unknown7 (77.8%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low2 (22.2%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown7 (77.8%)
User Interaction
None2 (22.2%)
Unknown7 (77.8%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low1 (11.1%)
High0 (0.0%)
None1 (11.1%)
Unknown7 (77.8%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
9 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2021-33477HIGH rxvt-unicode 9.22, rxvt 2.7.10, mrxvt 0.5.4, and Eterm 0.9.7 allow (potentially remote) code execution because of improper handling of certain escape sequences (ESC G Q). A respons | May 20, 2021 | 8.8 | 28 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-7483HIGH Rxvt 2.7.10 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack by passing the value -2^31 inside a terminal escape code, which results in a non-invertible integer that eventually leads to | May 2, 2017 | 7.5 | 25 | NO | NO |
CVE-2000-0476MEDIUM xterm, Eterm, and rxvt allow an attacker to cause a denial of service by embedding certain escape characters which force the window to be resized. | Jun 1, 2000 | 5.0 | 25 | NO | YES |
CVE-2003-0066HIGH The rxvt terminal emulator 2.7.8 and earlier allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the | Mar 3, 2003 | 7.5 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2001-1077MEDIUM Buffer overflow in tt_printf function of rxvt 2.6.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -T or (2) -name argument. | Jun 15, 2001 | 4.6 | 21 | NO | YES |
CVE-1999-1186HIGH rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local users to gain root privileges by specif | Jan 2, 1996 | 7.2 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2003-0022MEDIUM The "screen dump" feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a certain character escape sequence when it is echoed to a user's terminal, e.g. when the | Mar 3, 2003 | 5.0 | 15 | NO | NO |
CVE-2003-0023MEDIUM The menuBar feature in rxvt 2.7.8 allows attackers to modify menu options and execute arbitrary commands via a certain character escape sequence that inserts the commands into the | Mar 3, 2003 | 5.0 | 15 | NO | NO |
rxvt 2.6.4 opens a terminal window on :0 if the DISPLAY environment variable is not set, which might allow local users to hijack X11 connections. NOTE: it was later reported that | Apr 7, 2008 | 3.7 | 13 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
2 CVEs
22.2% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (9 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Rxvt
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7.8 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7.7 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7.6 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7.5 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7.10 | 1 | 8.8 | 4.1% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6.4 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6.3 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.4% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6.2 | 5 | 5.2 | 1.3% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.6.1 | 5 | 5.2 | 1.6% | 0 | 1 |