CVE catalog

CVE-2012-2385

mosh: CVE-2012-2385

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
10.93% · Oct 27, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianmoshsid1.4.0-1fixed
Debianmoshforky1.4.0-1fixed
Debianmoshtrixie1.4.0-1fixed
Debianmoshbookworm1.4.0-1fixed
Opensusemoshtumbleweed1.2.5-3.4fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianmoshsourcesid1.2.1-1lowNot reported[673871]
Debianmoshsourceforky1.2.1-1lowNot reported[673871]
Debianmoshsourcetrixie1.2.1-1lowNot reported[673871]
Debianmoshsourcebookworm1.2.1-1lowNot reported[673871]
Opensusemoshrpmtumbleweed1.2.5-3.4Not reportedOPENSUSE-SU-2024:10341-1Not reported

[Debian bug #673871]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [mosh]Fixed

    Source package: [mosh]

    Details (2)
    • 1.4.0-1+b1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1

      dsa · mosh · debian · bookworm; dsa · mosh · debian · 12

    • 1.4.0-1+b1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1

      dsa · mosh · debian · bookworm; dsa · mosh · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [mosh]Fixed

    Source package: [mosh]

    Details (2)
    • 1.4.0-1+b2 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1

      dsa · mosh · debian · 13

    • 1.4.0-1+b3 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.1-1

      dsa · mosh · debian · 13

[openSUSE Tumbleweed]

  • [mosh]Fixed

    Source package: [mosh]

    Details (1)
    • 1.4.0-5.20 · x86_64 · tumbleweed

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.2.5-3.4

      dsa · mosh · opensuse · tumbleweed

Observed:

References