CVE catalog
CVE-2012-2738
vte: CVE-2012-2738
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 11.24% · Oct 25, 2026
The VteTerminal in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.32.2 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.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | vte | sid | 1:0.28.2-7 | fixed |
| Debian | vte | forky | 1:0.28.2-7 | fixed |
| Debian | vte | trixie | 1:0.28.2-7 | fixed |
| Debian | vte | bookworm | 1:0.28.2-6 | fixed |
| Alpine | vte | 3.10 | 0.28.2-r12 | fixed |
| Alpine | vte | 3.11 | 0.28.2-r12 | fixed |
| Alpine | vte | 3.6 | 0.28.2-r12 | fixed |
| Alpine | vte | 3.7 | 0.28.2-r12 | fixed |
| Alpine | vte | 3.8 | 0.28.2-r12 | fixed |
| Alpine | vte | 3.9 | 0.28.2-r12 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | vte | source | sid | 1:0.28.2-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [677717] |
| Debian | vte | source | forky | 1:0.28.2-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [677717] |
| Debian | vte | source | trixie | 1:0.28.2-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [677717] |
| Debian | vte | source | bookworm | 1:0.28.2-5 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [677717] |
| Alpine | vte | apk | 3.10 | 0.28.2-r12 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vte | apk | 3.11 | 0.28.2-r12 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vte | apk | 3.6 | 0.28.2-r12 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vte | apk | 3.7 | 0.28.2-r12 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vte | apk | 3.8 | 0.28.2-r12 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738 | Not reported |
| Alpine | vte | apk | 3.9 | 0.28.2-r12 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libvte9]Fixed
Source package: [vte]
Details (2)
1:0.28.2-6+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12
1:0.28.2-6+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12
- [libvte-common]Fixed
Source package: [vte]
Details (2)
1:0.28.2-6· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12
1:0.28.2-6· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12
- [libvte-dev]Fixed
Source package: [vte]
Details (2)
1:0.28.2-6+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12
1:0.28.2-6+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · bookworm; dsa · vte · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libvte9t64]Fixed
Source package: [vte]
Details (2)
1:0.28.2-7· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · 13
1:0.28.2-7· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · 13
- [libvte-common]Fixed
Source package: [vte]
Details (2)
1:0.28.2-7· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · 13
1:0.28.2-7· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · 13
- [libvte-dev]Fixed
Source package: [vte]
Details (2)
1:0.28.2-7· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · 13
1:0.28.2-7· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:0.28.2-5dsa · vte · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10407-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2738]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2738]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2738]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]