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CVE-2003-0972

Date: December 2, 2003

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.

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (9)

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:113

Url: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000809

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0972

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-408

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/10539

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2003-0972

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106995837813873&w=2

Url: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gnu-screen/message/3118

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2003-0972

Severity Score

9.8

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	10.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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