Improper input validation in GNOME Gnome-Terminal
CVE-2011-2198
The "insert-blank-characters" capability in caps.c in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.28.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption and crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a file containing the string "\033[100000000000000000@".
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (81.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNOME Gnome-Terminal
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.2
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/ (Exploit, Patch)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)