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CVE-2011-2198 json

The "insert-blank-characters" capability in caps.c in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.28.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denia…

published 2014-05-21 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-2188

cvss
3.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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@".

Patch / fix

  • vte Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:0.28.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2198

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-2198 updated cvss 4.3

vte: Excessive memory and CPU use by processing certain character sequences

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 vte Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 vte Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 vte
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • git.gnome.org https://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?h=vte-0-28&id=ac71d26f067be3a21bff315c3cabf24c94360dd6 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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