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CVE-2012-2738
Component Overview
Vulnerability Overview
Name
CVE-2012-2738
Source
NVD (
link
)
Debian (
link
)
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.
CWEs
CWE-119
Published Date
Jul 22, 2012
Updated Date
Jun 16, 2026
Workaround
-
Advisories
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
Exploit
Analysis
#
Affected Component
Analysis
vte9
Patched
Vulnerability Rating
#
4
CVSSv2
Resolved with patches
#
vte9 (yocto:kirkstone)
#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
emulation: Limit integer arguments to 65535
Christian Persch <chpe@gnome.org>
CVE-2012-2738