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A comment on CVE-2021-27135: xterm flaw may allow remote code execution, CVSS 9.6.

Re:CVE-2021-27135: xterm flaw may allow remote code executio... by kyberias on Saturday March 20, 2021 @02:46PM (#26525113)
Am I safe if I use my Digital VT100 from the 80s?
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Re:CVE-2021-27135: xterm flaw may allow remote code executio... by egberts on Saturday March 20, 2021 @03:32PM (#26525504)
Yes. UTF-8 was not a thing during VT-100’s lifetime.
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Re:CVE-2021-27135: xterm flaw may allow remote code executio... by mnd999 on Saturday March 20, 2021 @02:52PM (#26525169)
Depends - does it supports UTF-8?
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Re:CVE-2021-27135: xterm flaw may allow remote code executio... by toast0 on Saturday March 20, 2021 @03:02PM (#26525258)
A fixed function terminal from the 80s certainly doesn't support a variable byte character encoding from the 90s.
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