CVE-2003-0972

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier, and 3.9.15 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large number of ";" (semicolon) characters in escape sequences, which leads to a buffer overflow.

Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier, and 3.9.15 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large number of ";" (semicolon) characters in escape sequences, which leads to a buffer overflow.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

GNU screen

First reported 21 years ago

2003-12-15 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:38:00

Affected Software

GNU screen 3.9.4

3.9.4

GNU screen 3.9.8

3.9.8

GNU screen 3.9.9

3.9.9

GNU screen 3.9.10

3.9.10

GNU screen 3.9.11

3.9.11

GNU GNU screen 3.9.13

3.9.13

GNU GNU screen 3.9.15

3.9.15

GNU GNU screen 4.0.1

4.0.1

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