cve/2011/CVE-2011-2198.md

### [CVE-2011-2198](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2198)
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### Description

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 "\033[100000000000000000@".

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=712148

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.