The vte_sequence_handler_window_manipulation function in vteseq.c in libvte (aka libvte9) in VTE 0.25.1 and earlier, as used in…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• USN-962-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1839 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 41716 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://git.gnome.org/browse/vte/commit/?id=8b971a7b2c59902914ecbbc3915c45dd21530a91 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=613110 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 40635 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-2713](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-2713.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-2713)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:39 UTC.