PT-2012-1191 · Gnome · Gnome-Terminal

Timo Lindfors · Published 2012-07-22 · Updated 2022-05-11 · CVE-2012-2738

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gnome-terminal (vte) versions prior to 0.32.2

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service, characterized by a long loop and CPU consumption, via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value. This is due to a buffer overflow in the VteTerminal.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.32.2, update to version 0.32.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02232

CVE-2012-2738

OESA-2022-1648

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10407-1

Affected Products

Gnome-Terminal

References · 23

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/54281 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37477 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2022-1648 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2738 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02232 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2738 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2738 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2738 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2738 · Security Note