CVE-2020-9366

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnu
Status
Screen
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 February 2020

Summary

A buffer overflow was found in the way GNU Screen before 4.8.0 treated the special escape OSC 49. Specially crafted output, or a special program, could corrupt memory and crash Screen or possibly have unspecified other impact.

References

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/06/3
x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2020-02/m...
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/25/1
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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