CVE-2011-2198
LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 2.2%EU EUVD
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@".
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 2.2% (82th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2188)
- Published
- May 21, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2188 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / gnome-terminal
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- oracle / solaris
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652124(Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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