CVE-2003-0972

published 2003-12-15

CVE-2003-0972: 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…

Priority P4 29 critical 10 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C C I C A C

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

13 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	screen	< screen 4.0.2-0.1 (bookworm)	screen 4.0.2-0.1 (bookworm)
gnu	screen	—	—
gnu	screen	—	—
gnu	screen	—	—
gnu	screen	—	—
gnu	screen	—	—
gnu	screen	—	—
gnu	screen	—	—
gnu	screen	—	—
gnu	screen	>= 0 < 4.0.2-0.1	4.0.2-0.1
gnu	screen	>= 0 < 4.0.2-0.1	4.0.2-0.1
gnu	screen	>= 0 < 4.0.2-0.1	4.0.2-0.1
gnu	screen	>= 0 < 4.0.2-0.1	4.0.2-0.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 10.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 10.0 CRITICAL

vendor_debian 10.0 CRITICAL

vendor_redhat 10.0 CRITICAL

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