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CVE-2006-4573
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the "utf8 combining characters handling" (utf8_handle_comb function in encoding.c) in screen…
Low2.6EPSS 2.3%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (21)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305530 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- SSA:2006-307-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:191 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4189 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1202 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-05-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- USN-370-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 25402 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22611 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22573 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22707 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [screen-users] 20061023 Secfix release for screen: screen-4.0.3 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-734 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- 22583 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22726 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22647 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22649 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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