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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 esc…

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Nalin DahyabhaiVte
through 0.32.1
Versions 0.9.0, 0.9.2, 0.10, 0.10.1, 0.10.2

Weakness classification

CWE-119

References