THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-2713
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2010-2713

Vte vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
The vte_sequence_handler_window_manipulation function in vteseq.c in libvte (aka libvte9) in VTE 0.25.1 and earlier, as used in gnome-terminal, does not properly handle escape sequences, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands or obtain potentially sensitive information via a (1) window title or (2) icon title sequence. NOTE: this issue exists because of a CVE-2003-0070 regression.
Affected vendor
Nalin Dahyabhai
Affected product
Vte
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2010-08-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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