ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2012-2738
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738
Upstream
Published
2012-07-22T16:55:25Z
Modified
2026-09-05T06:17:52Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10
vte

Package

Name
vte
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/vte?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.28.2-r12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738.json"
Alpine:v3.11
vte

Package

Name
vte
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/vte?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.28.2-r12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738.json"
Alpine:v3.6
vte

Package

Name
vte
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/vte?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.28.2-r12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738.json"
Alpine:v3.7
vte

Package

Name
vte
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/vte?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.28.2-r12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738.json"
Alpine:v3.8
vte

Package

Name
vte
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/vte?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.28.2-r12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738.json"
Alpine:v3.9
vte

Package

Name
vte
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/vte?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.28.2-r12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2012-2738.json"