CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0901

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2000-12-19 Modified 2026-09-23 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-12-19
Last modified
2026-09-23
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Format string vulnerability in screen 3.9.5 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via format characters in the vbell_msg initialization variable.

Affected configurations

• juergen weigert screen 3.9.3 • juergen weigert screen 3.9.4 • juergen weigert screen 3.9.5

References