CVE-2012-2385
mosh < 1.2.1 - Authenticated Denial of Service via Escape Sequence with Large Repeat Count
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2012-2385. PoCs published by Timo Juhani Lindfors.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a denial-of-service condition in Mosh by sending malformed terminal escape sequences with excessively large values. The sequences cause the application to crash or enter an endless loop.
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.
Exploits (1)
This exploit triggers a denial-of-service condition in Mosh by sending malformed terminal escape sequences with excessively large values. The sequences cause the application to crash or enter an endless loop.