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CVE-2015-6806
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…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.1%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.1% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
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References (8)
- [oss-security] 20150904 Re: CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150901 CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/commit/?id=b7484c224738247b510ed0d268cd577076958f1b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150903 AW: Re: CVE request: screen stack overflow (deep recursion) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?45713 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3352 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3996-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1485 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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