CVE•Published 2022-11-10•Modified 2026-04-08•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-45063Invisible-island · Xterm
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
95
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 5% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
xterm before 375 allows code execution via font ops, e.g., because an OSC 50 response may have Ctrl-g and therefore lead to command execution within the vi line-editing mode of Zsh. NOTE: font ops are not allowed in the xterm default configurations of some Linux distributions.
Timeline
Published 2022-11-10
Modified 2026-04-08
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-45063Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Invisible-island Xterm"All exposed Invisible-island Xterm instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Xterm"HTTP body or banner mentions "Xterm" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-45063Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-45063Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-45063Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-45063GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-45063" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2022-45063 on GitHub.