{"cve":"CVE-2011-2198","nvd":{"published":"2014-05-21T14:55:05.537","modified":"2026-06-16T23:30:54.397","status":"Modified","description":"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@\".","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-399"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/09/3","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/13/10","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html","https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=629688"],"products":["gnome:gnome-terminal","opensuse:opensuse","oracle:solaris"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:33:06.232976534+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2011-2198","score":0.02162,"percentile":0.82224,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}