CVE-2011-2198 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2011-2198

The "insert-blank-characters" capability in caps.c in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.28.1...

Vulnerability 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@".

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

gnome-terminal, opensuse, solaris
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 11.4, 12.1, 11.2

Timeline

Official Publish: May 21st, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.