CVE-2010-2713

medium

Published 2010-08-05 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1:0.24.3-1`
sid	Fixed	`1:0.24.3-1`
forky	Fixed	`1:0.24.3-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1:0.24.3-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1:0.24.3-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`{"endIncluding":"0.25.1"}`
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`0.11.21`
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`0.12.2`
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`0.14.2`
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`0.15.0`
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`0.16.14`
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`0.17.4`
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`0.20.5`
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`0.22.5`
nalin_dahyabhai	vte	`0.24.3`
gnome	gnome-terminal

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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