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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-2385 · published 29 June 2012

CVE-2012-2385: Keith winstein mosh vulnerability

KKeith Winstein · Mosh

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.

4.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.3% CWE-399 · CWE-399
4.0CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e Patch
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082766.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082814.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082850.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49260
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/22/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53646
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=823943
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75779
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/blob/master/ChangeLog
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/commit/9791768705528e911bfca6c4d8aa88139035060e Patch
https://github.com/keithw/mosh/issues/271

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-2385), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.