CVE-2003-0972 (GCVE-0-2003-0972)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2003-12-02 05:00
Modified
2024-08-08 02:12
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
Impacted products
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