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CVE-2012-2738

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
22/07/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.32.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nalin_dahyabhai:vte:0.10.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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