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Remote Code Execution Affecting xterm package, versions >=3.8.0 <3.8.1 >=3.9.0 <3.9.2 >=3.10.0 <3.10.1

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.71% (91st percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-XTERM-73496
  • published 10 Jan 2019
  • disclosed 9 Jan 2019
  • credit Felix Wilhelm
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Introduced: 9 Jan 2019

CVE-2019-0542 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade xterm to version 3.8.1, 3.9.2, 3.10.1 or higher.

Overview

xterm is a front-end component written in TypeScript that lets applications bring fully-featured terminals to their users in the browser. It's used by popular projects such as VS Code, Hyper and Theia.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to mishandling of the component special characters.