CVE-2010-2713: Nalin Dahyabhai Vte

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Nalin Dahyabhai Vte: up to and including 0.25.1; version 0.11.21 only; version 0.12.2 only; version 0.14.2 only; version 0.15.0 only; version 0.16.14 only; …

Published 2010-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.