CVE-2012-2738

vte: DoS (long loop) via escape sequences with large repeat counts

Published Jul 22, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 4.0 Medium EPSS 11.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The VteTerminal in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.32.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (long loop and CPU consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.16942}

epss

{'score': 0.18222}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:42 PM
Reserved
May 14, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 22, 2012, 4:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:42 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 15, 2012, 12:00 AM