CVE-2006-4573
screen - programming error
EPSS 1.2%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the "utf8 combining characters handling" (utf8_handle_comb function in encoding.c) in screen before 4.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via certain UTF8 sequences.
How to fix CVE-2006-4573
To remediate CVE-2006-4573, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/screen—upgrade to 4.0.3-0.1 or later
- Debian/screen—upgrade to 4.0.2-4.1sarge1 or later
Is CVE-2006-4573 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.0.3-0.1
- from 0, < 4.0.2-4.1sarge1