UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2738

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2738

    Published: 22 Jul 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2738

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2738, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2738

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: vte

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/vte@1:0.28.2-5ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:0.28.2-5ubuntu1

    Affected versions

    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