CVE-2015-6806
N/A
Published: September 28, 2015 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnu Screen
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The MScrollV function in ansi.c in GNU screen 4.3.1 and earlier does not properly limit recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.3.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00001.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3352Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/01/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/11Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/4x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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