# CVE-2024-37535: GNOME VTE before 0.76.3 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a window resize escape sequence, a related

- Severity: CVSS 4.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-09 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

GNOME VTE before 0.76.3 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a window resize escape sequence, a related issue to CVE-2000-0476.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/issues/2786
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vte/-/tags/0.76.3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/09/2

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