CVE-2022-4170 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2022-4170

The rxvt-unicode package is vulnerable to a remote code execution,...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

rxvt-unicode
Vulnerable Versions:
rxvt-unicode 9.30

Timeline

Official Publish: December 9th, 2022
Last Modified: April 14th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)