CVE-2003-0972

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2003-11-27
Bugzilla:
1617111: CVE-2003-0972 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Integer signedness error in ansi.c for GNU screen 4.0.1 and earlier, and 3.9.15 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a large number of ";" (semicolon) characters in escape sequences, which leads to a buffer overflow.

Find out more about CVE-2003-0972 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

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