VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-9366
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability2.71%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-02-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes