CVE-2022-23465
SwiftTerm Code Injection vulnerability
Impact
### Impact Attacker could modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands. ### Credit These bugs were found and disclosed by David Leadbeater <dgl@dgl.cx> (@dgl at Github.com) ### Patches Fixed in version ce596e0dc8cdb288bc7ed5c6a59011ee3a8dc171 ### Workarounds There are no workarounds available ### References Similar exploits to this existed in the past, for terminal emulators: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0063 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2383 Additional background and information is also available: https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510030
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| swift | github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm | < 1.2.0 | 1.2.0 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Swiftterm Project | Swiftterm | before 2022-12-02 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm/commit/a94e6b24d24ce9680ad79884992e1dff8e150a31
- https://github.com/migueldeicaza/SwiftTerm/security/advisories/GHSA-jq43-q8mx-r7mq
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jq43-q8mx-r7mq
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23465