VDB
CVE-2011-2198
CVE-2011-2198
PUBLISHED
CVSS 3.5 LOW
The "insert-blank-characters" capability in caps.c in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.28.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption and crash) via a crafted file, as demonstrated by a file containing the string "\033[100000000000000000@".
EPSS 0.84% · 75.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
3.5
EPSS Score
0.84%
75.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.4, 12.1 |
| oracle | solaris | 11.2 |
| n/a | n/a | * |
| gnome | gnome-terminal | 0 |
Timeline
- May 21, 2014 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- [oss-security] 20110609 CVE Request -- vte -- Excessive memory and CPU use by processing certain character sequences mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148 url
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124 url
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6 url
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688 url
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html url
- [oss-security] 20110613 CVE Request -- vte -- Excessive memory and CPU use by processing certain character sequences mailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0931 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2198 advisory