CVE-2003-0972

EPSS 1.2%

screen - integer overflow

Published: 12/15/2003Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

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.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/screenfrom 0, < 4.0.2-0.1
Debian/screenfrom 0, < 3.9.11-5woody1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0972