Bug 2232648 (CVE-2023-40359)

Summary: CVE-2023-40359 xterm: ReGIS reporting for character-set names containing characters other than alphanumerics or underscore.
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Zack Miele <zmiele>
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Bug Depends On: 2232649, 2232650    
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Description Zack Miele 2023-08-17 17:55:54 UTC
xterm before 380 supports ReGIS reporting for character-set names even if they have unexpected characters (i.e., neither alphanumeric nor underscore), leading to a pointer/overflow issue.

https://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_380