CVE-2012-2385

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2385
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-29 19:55:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Keith Winstein Mosh 0.98c All All All
Application Keith Winstein Mosh 1.0 All All All
Application Keith Winstein Mosh 1.1 All All All
Application Keith Winstein Mosh 1.1.1 All All All
Application Keith Winstein Mosh 1.1.2 All All All
Application Keith Winstein Mosh 1.1.3 All All All
Application Keith Winstein Mosh 1.1.3-1 All All All
Application Keith Winstein Mosh 1.1.3-2 All All All
Application Keith Winstein Mosh 1.2 All All All
Application Keith Winstein Mosh All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA49260 - Mosh Escape Sequence Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: mosh-1.2.2-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Cap escape sequence parameters to prevent long loops. · mobile-shell/mosh@9791768 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
mosh/ChangeLog at master · mobile-shell/mosh · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: mosh-1.2.2-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: mosh-1.2.2-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 823943 – CVE-2012-2385 mosh: DoS (excessive CPU use) by processing short ANSI escape sequence af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
slow processing of escape sequences with large repeat counts · Issue #271 · mobile-shell/mosh · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- mosh (and probably vte too): mosh server DoS (long loop) due improper parsing of terminal parameters in terminal dispatcher af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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