Out-of-Bounds Affecting vte package, versions <0.28.2-r12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.55% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE313-VTE-1069493
  • published22 Jul 2012
  • disclosed22 Jul 2012

Introduced: 22 Jul 2012

CVE-2012-2738  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.13 vte to version 0.28.2-r12 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream vte package and not the vte package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1