CVE-2020-9366 (GCVE-0-2020-9366)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-24 16:20 – Updated: 2024-08-04 10:26
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Summary
A buffer overflow was found in the way GNU Screen before 4.8.0 treated the special escape OSC 49. Specially crafted output, or a special program, could corrupt memory and crash Screen or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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