CVE-2011-2198
EPSS 0.84%Published: 5/21/2014Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2198
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@".
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/vtefrom 0, < 1:0.28.1-1