CVE-2011-2198

LowCVSS 3.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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@".

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.5/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 21, 2014
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2011-2198: Low severity, CVSS 3.5 | Vulnix