Vulnerability in Keith Winstein Mosh
CVE-2012-2385
The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.109 (95.8th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.109 · newest: 0.109 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Keith Winstein Mosh — versions 0.98c, 1.0, 1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e (Patch)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/49260 (third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9 (mailing-list)
- github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779 (vdb-entry)