CVE-2012-2385
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 10.8%EU EUVD
The 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 10.8% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2373)
- Published
- June 29, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2373 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- keith winstein / mosh
- keith winstein / mosh
- keith winstein / mosh
- keith winstein / mosh
- keith winstein / mosh
- keith winstein / mosh
- keith winstein / mosh
- keith winstein / mosh
- keith winstein / mosh
- keith winstein / mosh
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e(Patch)
- https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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