MEDIUM
vte: DoS (long loop) via escape sequences with large repeat counts
Published Jul 22, 2012
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 11.15%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 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
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
vte
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
vte
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | vte | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | vte | Will not fix | n/a |
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.
11.15% 0.11151
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.11151
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 (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 11.15% (0.11151) | 95.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.15% (0.11151) | 95.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 15.39% (0.15389) | 94.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 30, 2026 | 16.77% (0.16769) | 95.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 18.22% (0.18222) | 94.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 16.94% (0.16942) | 94.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 22.81% (0.22806) | 93.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 16.94% (0.16942) | 94.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 8.09% (0.08089) | 94.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 20, 2024 | 8.09% (0.08089) | 94.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 18, 2023 | 9.01% (0.09014) | 94.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 16, 2023 | 9.38% (0.09382) | 94.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 16, 2023 | 10.71% (0.10706) | 94.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.61% (0.08610) | 93.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.66% (0.09659) | 94.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 6, 2022 | 9.66% (0.09659) | 94.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Jul 5, 2022 | 9.61% (0.09611) | 93.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 2, 2022 | 11.50% (0.11503) | 94.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.27% (0.12274) | 94.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.27% (0.12274) | 89.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (14)
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2738 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832356 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2738
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2738
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jul 22, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 14, 2012
Link CVE-2012-2738
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a