GSD-2011-2198

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:19
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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-2011-2198
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      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-10-30T16:27Z",
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