CVE-2020-9366

Summary

CVECVE-2020-9366
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-24 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-01 19:22:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Screen All All All All
Application Gnu Screen All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[screen-devel] GNU Screen v.4.8.0 MISC lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
GNU Screen: Buffer overflow (GLSA 202003-62) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - Re: Re: GNU screen "out of bounds access when setting w_xtermosc after OSC 49" MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - GNU screen "out of bounds access when setting w_xtermosc after OSC 49" MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296073 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 24.75.2 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 500638 Alpine Linux Security Update for screen
  • 504403 Alpine Linux Security Update for screen
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