CVE-2005-0023: Gnome LIBVTE4

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

gnome-pty-helper in GNOME libzvt2 and libvte4 allows local users to spoof the logon hostname via a modified DISPLAY environment variable. NOTE: the severity of this issue has been disputed.

Affected products

  • Gnome LIBVTE4: any version
  • Gnome LIBZVT2: version 1.4.2.19 only

Published 2005-10-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.