CVE-2011-2198

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 "\033100000000000000000@"...

gnome-terminal allows arbitrary command execution when viewing files containing crafted escape sequences

Overview gnome-terminal may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands via crafted escape sequences. Description gnome-terminal affords users the ability to utilize an escape sequence to "export" the title of the current window title directly to the shell command line. By viewing a...