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CVE-2022-24949

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-08-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

Description

A privilege escalation to root exists in Eternal Terminal prior to version 6.2.0. This is due to the combination of a race condition, buffer overflow, and logic bug all in PipeSocketHandler::listen().

Affected products

• Jason Gauci Eternal Terminal: before 6.2.0 — fixed in 6.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Jason Gauci Eternal Terminal 6.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal/commit/900348bb8bc96e1c7ba4888ac8480f643c43d3c3
• https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-hxg8-4r3q-p9rv
• https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal/commit/900348bb8bc96e1c7ba4888ac8480f643c43d3c3
• https://github.com/metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-hxg8-4r3q-p9rv

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