CVE-2023-40359CriticalCVSS 9.8

xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e. neither alphanumeric nor underscore) aka a pointer/overflow issue. This can only occur for xterm installations that are configured at compile time to use a certain experimental feature.

Published
August 23, 2023
Last Modified
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📋 Description

Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability? One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.

🎯 Affected products1

  • cbl2 xterm 380-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 380-1

🔗 References (2)