CVE-2010-2713

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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 products

Nalin Dahyabhai Vte: through 0.25.1; 0.11.21, 0.12.2, 0.14.2, 0.15.0, 0.16.14, 0.17.4 (+3)

References

http://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?id=8b971a7b2c59902914ecbbc3915c45dd21530a91
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40635
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41716
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-962-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1839
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613110
http://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?id=8b971a7b2c59902914ecbbc3915c45dd21530a91
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40635
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41716
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-962-1

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