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CVE-2012-2738

CVE-2012-2738

EPSS 11.2%
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
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public PoCs found — 1
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References
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changeshttp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.newshttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.htmlhttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281