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vte — security advisory
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.
- Products
- vte
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1:0.28.2-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-2738
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2738
vte
Fixed versions: 1:0.28.2-5
vte
Fixed versions: 1:0.28.2-5
vte
Fixed versions: 1:0.28.2-5
Complete source record
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