CVE-2012-2385
The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 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.
02 Description
The terminal dispatcher in mosh before 1.2.1 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 10.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-06-29 19:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 00dea6df03e0b51c6846557437ed45a22bd4d9cf16ff5a0b389ecf9da95d9e8d
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-9422http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-9414http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-9442http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
- www.securityfocus.com53646http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
- secunia.com49260http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120522 Re: CVE Request -- mosh (and probably vte too): mosh server DoS (long loop) due improper parsing of terminal parameters in terminal dispatcherhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
- github.comhttps://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commosh-sequences-dos(75779)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
- github.comhttps://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mosh Fixed in 1.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mosh Fixed in 1.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mosh Fixed in 1.2.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.