Zutty up to 0.12 privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Zutty up to 0.12. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-41138. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Zutty up to 0.12. It has been declared as problematic. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Zutty before 0.13, DECRQSS in text written to the terminal can achieve arbitrary code execution.

The weakness was published 09/21/2022 as bde7458c60a7bafe08bbeaafbf861eb865edfa38. The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-41138 since 09/20/2022. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.13 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch bde7458c60a7bafe08bbeaafbf861eb865edfa38 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Zutty 0.13
Patch: bde7458c60a7bafe08bbeaafbf861eb865edfa38

Timelineinfo

09/20/2022 🔍
09/21/2022 +1 days 🔍
09/21/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/29/2025 +981 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bde7458c60a7bafe08bbeaafbf861eb865edfa38
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-41138 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-41138
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209185

Entryinfo

Created: 09/21/2022 08:30
Updated: 05/29/2025 16:26
Changes: 09/21/2022 08:30 (40), 10/21/2022 14:32 (11), 05/29/2025 16:26 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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