CVE-2011-2198

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2198
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-21 14:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe "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@".

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gnome-terminal All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.1 All All All
Operating System Oracle Solaris 11.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Bulletin Board Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 712148 – CVE-2011-2198 vte: Excessive memory and CPU use by processing certain character sequences af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - CVE Request -- vte -- Excessive memory and CPU use by processing certain character sequences af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
#629688 - libvte9: malicious escape sequence causes gnome-terminal to crash (memory consumption DoS) - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 652124 – malicious escape sequence causes gnome-terminal to exhaust memory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
[CVE-2011-2198] Limit insert-blank-characters (ac71d26f) · Commits · GNOME / vte · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Exploit, Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- vte -- Excessive memory and CPU use by processing certain character sequences af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2012:0931-1: vte/gnome-terminal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
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