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Vulnerability details: VCID-dn2z-a7hx-43gx
Vulnerability ID VCID-dn2z-a7hx-43gx
Aliases CVE-2012-2738
Summary This GLSA contains notification of vulnerabilities found in several Gentoo packages which have been fixed prior to January 1, 2013. The worst of these vulnerabilities could lead to local privilege escalation and remote code execution. Please see the package list and CVE identifiers below for more information.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 0.2
Risk 0.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
epss 0.1804 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2012-2738.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-2738
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2738
677717 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677717
832356 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=832356
CVE-2012-2738;OSVDB-84337 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/37477.txt
CVE-2012-2738;OSVDB-84337 Exploit https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281/info
GLSA-201412-10 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-10
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added July 3, 2012
Description gnome-terminal (vte) VteTerminal - Escape Sequence Parsing Remote Denial of Service
Ransomware campaign use Known
Source publication date July 3, 2012
Exploit type dos
Platform linux
Source update date July 4, 2015
Source URL https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281/info
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.95133
EPSS Score 0.1804
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:11:33.385297+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-10 38.0.0