CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-0972

10.0 HIGH Published 2003-12-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-12-15
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• gnu screen 3.9.4 • gnu screen 3.9.8 • gnu screen 3.9.9 • gnu screen 3.9.10 • gnu screen 3.9.11 • gnu screen 3.9.13 • gnu screen 3.9.15 • gnu screen 4.0.1

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