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eterm — security advisory
The Eterm terminal emulator 0.9.1 and earlier allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
- Products
- eterm
- Affected versions
- 0.7-1, 0.8.10-10, 0.8.7-0.4, 0.8.7-0.4.1, 0.9.2-0pre2002042903, 0.9.2-0pre2002042903.3
- Fixed versions
- 0.9.2-6
- CVEs
- CVE-2003-0068
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:13 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The Eterm terminal emulator 0.9.1 and earlier allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0068
eterm
Fixed versions: 0.9.2-6
eterm
Fixed versions: 0.9.2-6
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:25.596026047Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 410503,
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