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    CVE-2012-2738

    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.

    Published:May 15, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jul 22, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.18222
    CVSS Score:4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nalin Dahyabhai
    Product
    Vte

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37477

    References

    http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes
    http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090
    http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes
    http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High