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CVE-2020-9366
A buffer overflow was found in the way GNU Screen before 4.8.0 treated the special escape OSC 49.
Published 6 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.7%
percentile 86%
Public exploits
0
none known
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.71% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2020/02/06/3 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- lists.gnu.org /archive/html/screen-devel/2020-02/msg00007.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2020/02/25/1 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/202003-62 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2020-9366
- NVD: CVE-2020-9366
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