Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting screen package, versions [3.9.4,4.0.1]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.28% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SCREEN-2319400
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed15 Dec 2003
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Dec 2003

CVE-2003-0972  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for screen.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. 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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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