CVE-2014-3121

high
Published 2014-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.6
VIR risk
7.6

Description

rxvt-unicode before 9.20 does not properly handle OSC escape sequences, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to manipulate arbitrary X window properties and execute arbitrary commands.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3121

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed9.20-1
debian debianbullseyefixed9.20-1
debian debianforkyfixed9.20-1
debian debiansidfixed9.20-1
debian debiantrixiefixed9.20-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode{"endIncluding":"9.19"}
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.0
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.01
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.02
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.05
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.06
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.07
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.08
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.09
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.10
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.11
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.12
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.14
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.15
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.16
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.17
marc_lehmannrxvt-unicode9.18

References

CWEs

CWE-78

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.