CVE-2012-2738
N/A
Published: July 22, 2012 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVte
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 11%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 0.32.10.100.10.10.10.100.10.110.10.120.10.130.10.140.10.150.10.160.10.170.10.190.10.20.10.200.10.210.10.220.10.230.10.250.10.260.10.270.10.280.10.290.10.30.10.40.10.50.10.60.10.70.10.80.10.90.11.00.11.10.11.100.11.110.11.120.11.130.11.140.11.150.11.160.11.170.11.180.11.190.11.20.11.200.11.210.11.30.11.40.11.50.11.60.11.70.11.80.11.90.12.00.12.10.12.20.13.00.13.10.13.20.13.30.13.40.13.50.13.60.13.70.14.00.14.10.14.20.15.00.15.10.15.20.15.30.15.40.15.50.15.60.16.00.16.10.16.100.16.110.16.120.16.130.16.140.16.20.16.30.16.40.16.50.16.60.16.70.16.80.16.90.17.10.17.20.17.30.17.40.19.10.19.20.19.30.19.40.20.00.20.10.20.20.20.30.20.40.20.50.21.10.21.20.21.30.21.40.21.50.21.60.21.70.22.00.22.10.22.20.22.30.22.40.22.50.23.10.23.20.23.30.23.40.23.50.24.00.24.10.24.20.24.30.25.10.25.900.25.910.26.00.26.10.26.20.27.00.27.10.27.20.27.30.27.40.27.50.27.900.28.00.28.10.28.20.29.00.29.10.30.00.30.10.31.00.32.00.9.00.9.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changesx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.newsVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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