{"cve":"CVE-2012-2738","nvd":{"published":"2012-07-22T16:55:25.743","modified":"2026-06-16T23:42:00.647","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes","http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html"],"products":["nalin_dahyabhai:vte"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2738","score":0.11241,"percentile":0.95964,"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."]}