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-20 CWE-399

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6Exploit, Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6Exploit, Patch

Timeline

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

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