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CVE-2023-43620 (GCVE-0-2023-43620)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-09-20 00:00 – Updated: 2024-09-24 19:16
VLAI
Summary
An issue was discovered in Croc through 9.6.5. A sender may place ANSI or CSI escape sequences in a filename to attack the terminal device of a receiver.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-09-24 19:16 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
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