CVE-2012-2738 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.15% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-07-22 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| nalin dahyabhai | vte |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | gnome-terminal (vte) VteTerminal - Escape Sequence Parsing Remote Denial of Service | 2012-07-03 |
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090
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