{
    "id": "CVE-2012-2738",
    "published": "2012-07-22 16:55:25",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:42:00",
    "cvss_score": "4.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.11151",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95807",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:11",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "nalin_dahyabhai",
            "product": "vte"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "37477",
            "title": "gnome-terminal (vte) VteTerminal - Escape Sequence Parsing Remote Denial of Service",
            "date": "2012-07-03",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37477"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}