CVE-2012-2738

NameCVE-2012-2738
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs677717

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vte (PTS)jessie, stretch1:0.28.2-5fixed
buster, bullseye, bookworm1:0.28.2-6fixed
sid, trixie1:0.28.2-6.1fixed
vte3 (PTS)jessie1:0.36.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vtesourcesqueeze1:0.24.3-4
vtesource(unstable)1:0.28.2-5677717
vte3source(unstable)1:0.32.2-1
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