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CVE-2012-2738: nalin_dahyabhai vte

CVSS: 4.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2012-2738UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2738DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2738
Published 22-07-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2738 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) vulnerability in nalin_dahyabhai vte. EPSS estimates a 11.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.24%
0%100%
Medium · +0.09 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 22-07-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

11.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.09 pp

From 11.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
11.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    gnome-terminal (vte) VteTerminal - Escape Sequence Parsing Remote Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Alpine1 product
  • vte< 0.28.2-r12
Debian1 product
  • vte< 1:0.28.2-5
Nalin_dahyabhai1 product
  • vte≤ 0.32.1 | 0.9.0 | 0.9.2 | 0.10 | 0.10.1 | 0.10.2 | 0.10.3 | 0.10.4 | 0.10.5 | 0.10.6 | 0.10.7 | 0.10.8 | 0.10.9 | 0.10.10 | 0.10.11 | 0.10.12 | 0.10.13 | 0.10.14 | 0.10.15 | 0.10.16 | 0.10.17 | 0.10.19 | 0.10.20 | 0.10.21 | 0.10.22 | 0.10.23 | 0.10.25 | 0.10.26 | 0.10.27 | 0.10.28 | 0.10.29 | 0.11.0 | 0.11.1 | 0.11.2 | 0.11.3 | 0.11.4 | 0.11.5 | 0.11.6 | 0.11.7 | 0.11.8 | 0.11.9 | 0.11.10 | 0.11.11 | 0.11.12 | 0.11.13 | 0.11.14 | 0.11.15 | 0.11.16 | 0.11.17 | 0.11.18 | 0.11.19 | 0.11.20 | 0.11.21 | 0.12.0 | 0.12.1 | 0.12.2 | 0.13.0 | 0.13.1 | 0.13.2 | 0.13.3 | 0.13.4 | 0.13.5 | 0.13.6 | 0.13.7 | 0.14.0 | 0.14.1 | 0.14.2 | 0.15.0 | 0.15.1 | 0.15.2 | 0.15.3 | 0.15.4 | 0.15.5 | 0.15.6 | 0.16.0 | 0.16.1 | 0.16.2 | 0.16.3 | 0.16.4 | 0.16.5 | 0.16.6 | 0.16.7 | 0.16.8 | 0.16.9 | 0.16.10 | 0.16.11 | 0.16.12 | 0.16.13 | 0.16.14 | 0.17.1 | 0.17.2 | 0.17.3 | 0.17.4 | 0.19.1 | 0.19.2 | 0.19.3 | 0.19.4 | 0.20.0 | 0.20.1 | 0.20.2 | 0.20.3 | 0.20.4 | 0.20.5 | 0.21.1 | 0.21.2 | 0.21.3 | 0.21.4 | 0.21.5 | 0.21.6 | 0.21.7 | 0.22.0 | 0.22.1 | 0.22.2 | 0.22.3 | 0.22.4 | 0.22.5 | 0.23.1 | 0.23.2 | 0.23.3 | 0.23.4 | 0.23.5 | 0.24.0 | 0.24.1 | 0.24.2 | 0.24.3 | 0.25.1 | 0.25.90 | 0.25.91 | 0.26.0 | 0.26.1 | 0.26.2 | 0.27.0 | 0.27.1 | 0.27.2 | 0.27.3 | 0.27.4 | 0.27.5 | 0.27.90 | 0.28.0 | 0.28.1 | 0.28.2 | 0.29.0 | 0.29.1 | 0.30.0 | 0.30.1 | 0.31.0 | 0.32.0
Ubuntu1 product
  • vte< 1:0.28.2-5ubuntu1

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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