Buffer overflow in Nalin Dahyabhai Vte
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
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: 0.112 (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: 0.112 · newest: 0.112 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nalin Dahyabhai Vte — versions 0.9.0, 0.9.2, 0.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi
- ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes
- ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6 (mailing-list)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-2738?
- CVE-2012-2738 is a vulnerability in Nalin Dahyabhai Vte, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2012-07-22.
- Is CVE-2012-2738 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.