CVE-2021-26937
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-09 19:35
Modified
2024-08-03 20:33
Severity ?
Summary
encoding.c in GNU Screen through 4.8.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UTF-8 character sequence.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/8Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/Product
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNWBOIDEPOEQS5RMQVMFKHKXJCGNYWBL/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJWLXP45POUUYBJRRWPVAWNZDJTLYWVM/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2021-02/msg00000.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4861Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/8Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GNWBOIDEPOEQS5RMQVMFKHKXJCGNYWBL/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJWLXP45POUUYBJRRWPVAWNZDJTLYWVM/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-devel/2021-02/msg00000.htmlExploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-11Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4861Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/09/3Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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