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@".
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-05-21T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:53:17.190Z

Reserved: 2011-05-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-2198

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2014-05-21T14:55:05.537

Modified: 2018-10-30T16:27:33.653

Link: CVE-2011-2198

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-06-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2198 - Bugzilla