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
EPSS: 0.112 (95.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Nalin_dahyabhai Vte — versions 0.9.0, 0.9.2, 0.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
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.