MEDIUM
The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 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
Published Jun 29, 2012
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.93%
Description
The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 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
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.2-2
- 0.98c
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.3-1
- 1.1.3-2
- 1.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.93% 0.10929
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10929
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.93% (0.10929) | 95.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.93% (0.10929) | 95.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 21, 2026 | 6.68% (0.06676) | 91.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.19% (0.12192) | 93.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.53% (0.04532) | 92.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 4.53% (0.04532) | 91.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 4.73% (0.04730) | 91.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 24, 2023 | 5.65% (0.05649) | 92.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.22% (0.05219) | 91.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.06% (0.11063) | 94.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 13, 2022 | 11.06% (0.11063) | 94.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jun 12, 2022 | 11.01% (0.11009) | 94.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 13.14% (0.13137) | 95.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 10, 2022 | 13.14% (0.13137) | 90.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 14.00% (0.14000) | 90.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49260 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943 x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/49260 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jun 29, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 19, 2012
Link CVE-2012-2385
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a