CVE catalog

CVE-2011-2198

vte: CVE-2011-2198

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Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
2.16% · Oct 27, 2026

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@".

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianvtesid1:0.28.2-7fixed
Debianvteforky1:0.28.2-7fixed
Debianvtetrixie1:0.28.2-7fixed
Debianvtebookworm1:0.28.2-6fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianvtesourcesid1:0.28.1-1lowNot reported[629688]
Debianvtesourceforky1:0.28.1-1lowNot reported[629688]
Debianvtesourcetrixie1:0.28.1-1lowNot reported[629688]
Debianvtesourcebookworm1:0.28.1-1lowNot reported[629688]

[Debian bug #629688]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [libvte9]Fixed

    Source package: [vte]

    Details (2)

    • 1:0.28.2-6+b1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12

    • 1:0.28.2-6+b1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12

  • [libvte-common]Fixed

    Source package: [vte]

    Details (2)

    • 1:0.28.2-6 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12

    • 1:0.28.2-6 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12

  • [libvte-dev]Fixed

    Source package: [vte]

    Details (2)

    • 1:0.28.2-6+b1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12

    • 1:0.28.2-6+b1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [libvte9t64]Fixed

    Source package: [vte]

    Details (2)

    • 1:0.28.2-7 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · 13

    • 1:0.28.2-7 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · 13

  • [libvte-common]Fixed

    Source package: [vte]

    Details (2)

    • 1:0.28.2-7 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · 13

    • 1:0.28.2-7 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · 13

  • [libvte-dev]Fixed

    Source package: [vte]

    Details (2)

    • 1:0.28.2-7 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · 13

    • 1:0.28.2-7 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1:0.28.1-1

      dsa · vte · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]