CVE-2015-6806 (GCVE-0-2015-6806)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-09-28 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:29
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Summary
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.
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