### [CVE-2012-2738](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2738)
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### Description

The VteTerminal in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.32.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (long loop and CPU consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html

#### Github
- https://github.com/andir/nixos-issue-db-example