CVE-2015-6806

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-6806
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-28 20:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gnu Screen All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
USN-3996-1: GNU Screen vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3352-1 screen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
screen.git - screen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.savannah.gnu.org
GNU Screen - Bugs: bug #45713, [PATCH] stack overflow due to too... [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.gnu.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1485-1: moderate: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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